At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and inspire a team in delivering critical shipbuilding projects.
- Company: Join Babcock, a global leader in engineering and defence.
- Benefits: Generous holiday, pension scheme, health support, and volunteering days.
- Other info: Flexible working options and commitment to inclusivity.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on national security and public infrastructure.
- Qualifications: Experience in pipe fitting and team leadership required.
The predicted salary is between 44473 - 46874 £ per year.
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Compensation: £44,473 - £46,874 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Lead High Performing Teams Building Critical Naval Infrastructure
At Babcock, we are working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Pipe Fitter Production Supervisor at our Rosyth site.
The role
As a Pipefitter Supervisor, you will lead and inspire a team of skilled tradespeople, ensuring the safe, efficient delivery of critical shipbuilding and engineering work. This is a hands-on leadership role where your decisions directly impact safety, performance, and programme success.
Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for:
- Leading and motivating teams to safely deliver defined packages of pipe fitting and production work
- Managing resources to meet cost, quality, and delivery targets across projects
- Ensuring safe systems of work and maintaining a compliant, secure working environment
- Setting daily production targets and monitoring performance to drive continuous improvement
- Taking ownership of operational activity, ensuring attendance, standards, and behaviours are consistently met
This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday, and is based on-site at Rosyth.
Essential experience of the Pipefitter Supervisor
- Demonstrating strong experience in pipe fitting
- Reading and interpreting technical installation drawings and engineering specifications
- Using digital tools such as Microsoft Office to support reporting and planning
- Applying practical knowledge of production environments within engineering, marine, or heavy industry settings
- Bringing proven experience overseeing or guiding teams in a production or workshop environment
Qualifications
- Time-served pipe fitting apprenticeship or equivalent significant and recent, relevant experience
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 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
Babcock
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 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: 31/07/26
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At Babcock, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Hawthorn, Corsham, where innovation meets collaboration. Our commitment to employee growth is reflected in our generous benefits package, including a matched contribution pension scheme, professional development opportunities, and initiatives like Be Kind Day for volunteering. Join us to be part of a supportive culture that values diversity and encourages flexible working arrangements, ensuring you can thrive both personally and professionally.
