Job Title: CNC Programmer
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Compensation: £45,284 - £52,872 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65192
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 CNC Programmer at our Rosyth site.
The role
As a CNC Programmer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be responsible for delivering complex CNC machining programs for large CNC turning and milling machine tools.
Day-to-day, you’ll be part of the CNC Programming Team within the Manufacturing Engineering function, supporting the wider Production and Project Management teams. Additionally, you will:
- Train and develop team members to an appropriate level
- Determine Health and Safety requirements for all associated processes
- Support and manage programmers’ PDRs
- Ensure the programming section is using the latest software revisions
- Liaise with the IT department to ensure all software is maintained
This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at Rosyth.
Essential experience of the CNC Programmer
- Experience in high/low volume production within an industrial environment as a CNC Programmer
- Proficiency in offline/online CNC programming software such as EdgeCAM, Delcam, MasterCAM, or Vericut
- Demonstrated capability in up to 5-axis CNC programming
- Strong communication skills as part of an integrated project team, involving stakeholders at all levels—including proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Ability to gather, analyse, and solve CNC machining problems using recognised problem-solving techniques
Qualifications for the CNC Programmer
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
- ‘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.
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has 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 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: 15/09/2025