Job Title: Mechanical Fitter
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: £38,461 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65272
Shape the Future of Defence Engineering – Join Us as a Mechanical Fitter
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Mechanical Fitter at Clyde, near Faslane, Argyll and Bute.
The role
As a Mechanical Fitter, you’ll play a vital role in maintaining and repairing critical systems on Royal Navy vessels. This is an opportunity to work on projects that truly matter—supporting national security while advancing your career in a dynamic, high-tech environment. You’ll join a multi-skilled team where your expertise will help keep submarines and surface ships operational, ensuring safety and performance at every level.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
- Completing planned preventative maintenance and repair work to meet operational objectives.
- Identifying and fixing system defects and implementing alterations to maintain vessel performance.
- Suggesting process improvements to boost productivity and efficiency.
- Working within Health & Safety legislation and safe systems of work.
- Performing tasks in confined spaces and at varying heights safely and effectively.
This is a full-time, permanent role, 36 hours per week, based on-site at Clyde.
Essential experience of the Mechanical Fitter:
- Proven experience as a Mechanical Fitter.
- Background in a highly regulated environment.
- Ability to work safely in confined spaces and at height.
Qualifications for the Mechanical Fitter:
- A recognised Mechanical Fitter Apprenticeship to N/SVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
- National Certificate in an engineering discipline.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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: 15/12/2025