At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and inspire a team in delivering critical shipbuilding projects.
- Company: Join Babcock, a leader in creating a safe and secure world.
- Benefits: Generous holiday allowance, matched pension scheme, and health consultations.
- Other info: Flexible working options and commitment to inclusivity.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in naval infrastructure while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in pipe fitting and team management required.
The predicted salary is between 44473 - 46874 £ per year.
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Compensation: £44,473 - £46,874 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF73994
Lead High Performing Teams Building Critical Naval Infrastructure
At Babcock, we are working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Pipe Fitter Production Supervisor at our Rosyth site.
The role
As a Pipefitter Supervisor, you will lead and inspire a team of skilled tradespeople, ensuring the safe, efficient delivery of critical shipbuilding and engineering work. This is a hands‑on leadership role where your decisions directly impact safety, performance, and programme success.
Day-to-day, you'll be responsible for:
- Leading and motivating teams to safely deliver defined packages of pipe fitting and production work
- Managing resources to meet cost, quality, and delivery targets across projects
- Ensuring safe systems of work and maintaining a compliant, secure working environment
- Setting daily production targets and monitoring performance to drive continuous improvement
- Taking ownership of operational activity, ensuring attendance, standards, and behaviours are consistently met
This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday, and is based on-site at Rosyth.
Essential experience of the Pipefitter Supervisor:
- Demonstrating strong experience in pipe fitting
- Reading and interpreting technical installation drawings and engineering specifications
- Using digital tools such as Microsoft Office to support reporting and planning
- Applying practical knowledge of production environments within engineering, marine, or heavy industry settings
- Bringing proven experience overseeing or guiding teams in a production or workshop environment
Qualifications:
- Time‑served pipe fitting apprenticeship or equivalent significant and recent, relevant experience
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.
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 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
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.
Pipefitter Supervisor in Rosyth employer: Babcock International
Babcock International is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work environment at the Rosyth site in Scotland, where you can contribute to impactful construction and infrastructure projects. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, we provide ongoing training and development opportunities, alongside a collaborative culture that prioritises safety and compliance. Join us to be part of a team that values your contributions and supports your career advancement in the engineering field.
