First Line Manager in Dunfermline

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 First Line Manager at our Rosyth site.

The role involves leading a multidisciplinary team of technicians and operatives working at the forefront of the UK’s defence and engineering capability. This is an opportunity to make a direct contribution to nationally significant programmes while building a rewarding leadership career within an environment that values development, continuous learning and technical excellence.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Lead, coach and develop team members to achieve safe, high-quality and on-time performance.
• Set clear, measurable objectives and provide feedback, recognition and guidance.
• Allocate work, ensuring appropriate method statements, risk assessments and documentation are in place.
• Maintain a safe working environment and ensure all statutory requirements are met.
• Monitor skills, identify training needs and optimise team utilisation to meet delivery schedules.

This role is full time and is based on site at Rosyth. The shift pattern for this role includes unsociable hours and will be confirmed during the recruitment process.

Essential experience of the First Line Manager:

• Strong leadership experience with a track record of developing and supporting teams.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety and safe working practices (IOSH training advantageous).
• Proven ability to deliver work packages to time, cost and quality standards.
• Previous production experience with the ability to problem-solve and work to deadlines.
• Background in a relevant trade (such as welding or fabrication) is preferred but not essential.

Qualifications for the First Line Manager:

Ideally you will hold one of the following: a Degree, Higher National Diploma, Higher National Certificate or BTEC National Certificate/Diploma in Engineering, or a similar qualification; or equivalent professional experience.

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.

What we offer:

• 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 allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• ‘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’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.