Advanced Scaffolder Inspector in Helensburgh

Advanced Scaffolder Inspector

Location: Helensburgh, GB, G84 8HL

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Advanced Scaffolder Inspector

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF74414

Build the structures that support national security.

The Role

As a Advanced Scaffolder Inspector, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring the safety, compliance, and integrity of temporary access structures that enable critical engineering and defence activities. Working within a highly regulated environment, your expertise will directly support the delivery of complex projects that protect and maintain vital national infrastructure.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to meaningful work at the heart of the UK’s defence capability, while developing your technical expertise in a collaborative and forward‑thinking environment.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be required to:

• Conduct inspections of scaffolding structures to ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards
• Produce clear and accurate inspection reports, identifying risks and recommending corrective actions
• Collaborate with site teams to ensure scaffolding is designed, erected, and maintained safely
• Monitor ongoing works to ensure continued compliance and safe working practices
• Support continuous improvement by promoting best practice and safety awareness

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at Faslane. Travel to other Babcock and customer sites will be expected.

Essential Experience

• Demonstrating experience in scaffolding inspection within construction, engineering, or industrial environments
• Applying strong knowledge of scaffolding regulations, standards, and health and safety requirements
• Using excellent attention to detail to identify risks and ensure compliance
• Communicating effectively with a range of stakeholders across site operations
• Working independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment

Qualifications

• CISRS Advanced Scaffold Inspection qualification (essential)
• Relevant health and safety certification (such as NEBOSH or IOSH) is desirable

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

• 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

Accessibility and Reasonable Adjustments

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.