Mechanical Production Supervisor in Kirkcaldy

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Compensation: £44,473 - £46,874 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Lead high-performing teams to deliver critical engineering projects that protect and power our future. 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 Mechanical Production Supervisor at our Rosyth site.

The role:

As a Mechanical Production Supervisor, you’ll lead and motivate a team of skilled operatives to safely deliver defined packages of work to exacting quality, time and cost standards. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of production activities, drive efficiency improvements and play a key role in delivering major engineering projects that make a real difference.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Lead and motivate a team to safely deliver production work to agreed targets and standards
• Manage workloads to meet contract requirements across cost, quality and delivery timescales
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental policies and maintain a safe working environment
• Set and monitor daily production targets to drive performance and accountability
• Take ownership of operational activity levels and continuously improve efficiency

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at Rosyth.

Essential experience:

• Demonstrating experience supervising teams in a mechanical or production environment
• Managing resources effectively to deliver work within time, cost and quality constraints
• Applying strong knowledge of safe working practices within an engineering setting
• Driving performance through setting targets and monitoring output
• Taking responsibility for production areas and maintaining high operational standards

Qualifications:

• Time-served with extensive, recent and relevant experience in a mechanical discipline
• ONC or HNC (or equivalent) in a related engineering subject – preferred but not essential

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.

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 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 to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

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 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: 27/05/2026