Fabricator in Rosyth

Location: Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the Future of UK Naval Engineering on the Type 31 Programme. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Fabricator at Rosyth, near Dunfermline, Fife. As part of our Marine business, you’ll join a team delivering one of the UK’s most ambitious and strategically significant shipbuilding programmes — the Type 31 / Inspiration‑class frigates. This is your opportunity to help build the next generation of vessels that will support national defence, protect global trade routes and strengthen maritime security.

The role:

As a Fabricator, you’ll play a central role in the outfitting and construction of ship interiors, working across a wide variety of structural and outfitting tasks that directly support the build of our Type 31 warships. Your work will help ensure that each vessel meets the highest standards of safety, quality and reliability, while giving you hands‑on experience in one of the most exciting and impactful engineering environments in the UK.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Carry out cutting, grinding, and drilling tasks to prepare and shape components.
• Use burning equipment safely and effectively as part of the fabrication process.
• Install and fit out ship interiors including cupboards, benches, furniture, and seating.
• Support fabrication tasks across the Type 31 production environment.
• Work collaboratively with production teams to meet project milestones and quality standards.

This is a full‑time position working 36 hours per week, based on site at Rosyth.

Essential experience of the Fabricator:

• Light or heavy fabrication experience.
• Grinding, cutting and drilling experience.
• Burning experience.
• Shipbuilding experience preferred but will consider other industries.

Qualifications for the Fabricator:

• SVQ / NVQ Level 3 in Fabrication (or equivalent).

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 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.
• ‘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 is 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.