Job Title: Joiner – Wood Machinist
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £35,530 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF69457
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 Joiner – Wood Machinist our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Joiner – Wood Machinist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is a hands-on role where your skills make a tangible difference, and you’ll have the opportunity to grow your expertise in a secure, purpose-driven environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll combine traditional craftsmanship with precision engineering to support the operational readiness of the Royal Navy fleet. Working in a specialist workshop, you’ll deliver high-quality joinery and wood machining that directly contributes to national defence.
- Carrying out skilled woodworking tasks using hand tools and industrial machinery
- Reading and interpreting engineering drawings and measurements
- Working with hardwoods, softwoods, and plywood to exacting standards
- Operating machinery such as cross cuts, surfacers, thicknessers, moulders, and re-saws
- Collaborating with workshop teams to support naval maintenance projects
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience of the Joiner – Wood Machinist
- Skilled in using portable and fixed woodworking equipment
- Ability to read engineering drawings and calculate measurements
- Experience working with a variety of wood materials
- Proficient in operating industrial woodworking machinery
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality craftsmanship
Qualifications for the Joiner – Wood Machinist
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in joinery/carpentry
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: 18/11/2025
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