Fabrication Supervisor

Job Title: Fabrication Supervisor
Location: Helensburgh, Arygll and Bute
Compensation: Up to £50,118 dependant on experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65862

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Fabrication Supervisor at our Clyde, Faslane site.

The role
As a Fabrication Supervisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Your leadership will be instrumental in driving project success, ensuring that all activities align with our goals for Safety, Quality, Delivery and People.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead a passionate team of Industrial Trades professionals responsible for both planned and reactive maintenance, as well as testing and commissioning activities on our Fleet Assets.

• Working closely with the Nuclear Repair Enablement and Fleet Programme Teams to clearly define the work needed for each activity, breaking tasks down and scheduling them to minimize conflicts
• Ensuring all safety, quality and technical documentation is meticulously reviewed and readily available before commencing any tasks
• Engaging and managing subcontractors to execute specific components of work packages in line with established site processes
• Advocating for and implementing the Company’s Safety, Quality, and Environmental policies throughout projects, conducting risk assessments to promote a culture of safe working practices
• Collaborating with the on-site Delivery Management team and departmental Training Staff to enhance the development and performance of the Delivery Team

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at Clyde, Faslane.

Essential experience of the Fabrication Supervisor

• Working a similar role in a highly regulated industry
• Proficient in Safe Systems of Work and their practical application
• Strong understanding of Safety, Health, Environmental, and Quality standards
• Proven ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced engineering environment

Qualifications for the Fabrication Supervisor

• HNC in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent hands-on experience and knowledge
• ILM Level 3 certification is desirable, but not essential

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be 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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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 International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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 [email protected] 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: 27/08/2025

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