Mechanical Fitter - Estates
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £35,558 per year |
| Additional salary information: | plus pension and flex benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 April 2024 |
| Location: | Helensburgh, Argyll & Bute, G84 0EH |
| Company: | Babcock International Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SF54995_1713287458 |
Summary
Job Title: Mechanical Fitter
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll & Bute
Compensation: £35,558 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF54995
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 Fitter at our RNAD Coulport site, near Helensurgh.
The role
As a Mechanical Fitter within our Estates Maintenance team you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. As the Ministry of Defence's commercial partner at HMNB Clyde, Babcock provides specialist engineering support services, including the management of infrastructure and nuclear facilities.
Day to day, you'll be responsible for investigating and diagnosing faults, repairing and maintaining mechanical aspects of facilities.
- Carry out planned and reactive maintenance and fitting on a variety of mechanical systems
- Defect identification and repair
- Typical systems worked on will include - Heating and Ventilation, Generators and Compressors as well as pressure systems and other mechanical equipment and plant
This is a a full time role, 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday dayshifts with an early finish on a Friday. The role is based at Clyde Coulport site.
Babcock is committed to supporting agile ways of working to enable a better work-life balance. We are currently developing Self-Directed Teams (SDT) within the Infrastructure Maintenance Department, which allows our employees to own and deliver work packages - therefore improving efficiency, encouraging empowerment and supporting development opportunities through various team tasks. Successful delivery of key objectives for the week may result in being given the Friday off work
Essential experience of the Mechanical Fitter:
- Proven experience in mechanical fitting or maintenance gained within an Industrial or Commercial environment
- Ability to read and understand engineering drawings
- Works in a safe manner - able to understand statements of work, risk assessments etc
- Comfortable working at height and in confined spaces on occasion
Qualifications for the Mechanical Fitter within our Estates Team:
* Recognised Mechanical Apprenticeship, qualified to SVQ Level 3 or equivalent (NVQ3, City & Guilds, HNC etc)
The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC level security clearance level 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.
Our Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- 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 the majority of 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 International
For over 130 years Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
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 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: 02/05/24
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