Engineering Support Multi Skilled Operative

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £29,658 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Keep the Fleet moving. Support engineering that protects what matters most. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Engineering Support Multi Skilled Operative at HMNB Clyde, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.

The role

As an Engineering Support Multi Skilled Operative, you’ll play a vital part in enabling our Fleet Engineering teams to operate safely, efficiently and effectively. This is a hands‑on, varied role supporting planned maintenance, defect rectification and engineering activities across submarines, surface vessels and the wider estate. You’ll be joining a highly skilled operational environment where no two days are the same. It’s a role that builds technical breadth, develops strong safety and compliance awareness, and offers long‑term career progression within defence engineering.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

• Supporting engineering teams to deliver planned preventative maintenance activities.
• Enabling the identification and rectification of system, manufacturing and in‑service defects.
• Maintaining the control, issue and return of tools, equipment and materials.
• Working safely within all Health and Safety legislation, Safe Systems of Work and control of work processes.
• Contributing to continuous improvement by suggesting better ways of working to enhance productivity.

This is a full‑time role working 36 hours per week, based on site at HMNB Clyde. Set working times are Monday to Thursday.

Essential experience:

• Experience supporting fleet engineering activities and equipment such as scaffolding, forklift truck operations or slinging.
• Competence in manual handling within an industrial or operational environment.
• Experience using Risk Assessments, COSHH and Safe Systems of Work.
• Experience controlling, issuing and returning work equipment.

Qualifications:

• Full UK Driving Licence (Category B).
• Additional operational training such as forklift or slinging can be provided where required.

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:

• 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.
• ‘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.

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.

Closing date: 22/05/2026