Welding QAQC Engineer in Plymouth

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, join us and play your part as a Welding QAQC Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role:

• Your expertise will support the delivery of complex marine engineering work, making a direct contribution to national security and fleet availability.
• You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity, safety and performance of welding activity across some of the UK’s most significant defence engineering programmes.
• Produce welding‑related quality documentation, including Weld Information Sheets and method statements.
• Review welding and non‑destructive testing (NDT) quality packs before final acceptance.
• Identify the most appropriate welding and weld‑repair methods that balance quality, productivity and cost-effectiveness.
• Ensure compliance with Babcock’s Quality Management System and BS EN ISO 3834‑2 through ongoing surveillance.
• Conduct visual inspections pre‑, during and post‑weld, liaising with front‑line managers, project engineers, clients and representatives.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience:

• Strong knowledge of welding processes and techniques, particularly across submarine and surface ship structural and pipe systems.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, welding joints and symbols.
• Understanding of welding and material issues encountered across vessels and marine facilities.
• Awareness of BS EN ISO 3834‑2 and the importance of welding quality control.
• Strong communication and computer literacy skills.

Qualifications:

• Craft Apprenticeship or City & Guilds in Fabrication/Engineering, or equivalent (evidence required).

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. 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 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.

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 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.

Closing date: 23/02/2026