Job Description

Job Title: Mechanical Fitter

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £40,967

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF74685

Help Keep the Royal Navy Ready for What Matters Most

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Mechanical Fitter at HMNB Clyde, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.

The role

As a Mechanical Fitter, you'll join a highly skilled team responsible for maintaining, repairing and inspecting critical mechanical systems and equipment across Royal Navy submarines and surface ships. This is a unique opportunity to apply your engineering and mechanical fitting expertise in a role that directly supports the operational capability of the UK's defence infrastructure.

Working within a dynamic naval engineering environment, you'll help ensure vessels remain safe, reliable and mission ready. Every repair you complete and every improvement you identify will contribute to national security and the continued success of vital defence operations. Alongside meaningful work, you'll benefit from ongoing development opportunities, exposure to complex engineering challenges and the chance to build a long-term career with one of the UK's leading defence and engineering organisations.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Completing planned preventative maintenance, repairs and inspections on mechanical systems and equipment.
• Identifying and rectifying equipment faults to maintain vessel safety, reliability and performance.
• Implementing mechanical modifications and alterations to support operational requirements.
• Working safely within confined spaces and at height while following approved procedures.
• Suggesting process improvements that enhance efficiency, productivity and engineering performance.

This is a full-time, onsite role based at HMNB Clyde. Set working times are Monday to Thursday.

Essential experience of the Mechanical Fitter

• Proven experience working as a Mechanical Fitter.
• Experience within a highly regulated engineering, marine, defence, nuclear or industrial environment.
• Demonstrable experience carrying out mechanical maintenance, repair and inspection activities.
• Ability to work safely and effectively in confined spaces and at height.
• Strong understanding of health and safety requirements and safe systems of work.

Qualifications for the Mechanical Fitter:

Essential:

• A recognised Mechanical Fitter Apprenticeship to N/SVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
• National Certificate in an engineering discipline.

Desirable:

• Additional qualifications in mechanical engineering, maintenance or manufacturing.
• Experience working on marine, naval or nuclear systems.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 21/08/26

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