Role ID: SF77126
Shape the future of defence manufacturing through world-class welding expertise
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Welder at Ashton, near Bristol, Gloucestershire. This is an exciting opportunity to join a world-leading team specialising in high-integrity welding, supporting critical defence programmes that help protect national security.
As a Welder, you'll be part of our Mission Systems Production team, delivering complex welding solutions for high-strength steel assemblies used in the defence sector. Working within a highly skilled and supportive team, you'll contribute to the manufacture of specialist equipment where quality, precision and safety are paramount. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your expertise in advanced welding techniques, work on projects with real-world impact, and build a long-term career within one of the UK's leading engineering and defence organisations.
Day-to-day, you’ll be:
This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based at Aston Vale, Bristol. Shift patterns for this role are 06:15 to 14:15 or 14:00 to 21:00, alternating weekly, with a shift allowance payable.
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) 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).
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 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: 19/11/2026
Babcock is a FTSE 100 defence company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets.
Our Purpose, to create a safe and secure world, together, defines our strategy. We support and enhance our customers’ defence and security capabilities and critical assets through a range of product and service solutions. We meet our customers’ requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility.
These projects take all different kinds of professionals, from chartered engineers and project managers, to naval architects, data analysts and everything in between. To bring through the next generation of engineering and business experts, we offer apprenticeships and roles for students, graduates and fully-qualified professionals.
There’s never been a better time to join us. Whether you’re looking for a new business management project or engineering role, join Babcock and grow with us.
Babcock is a Disability Confident, Committed Employer
