Job Title: Metallurgist
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: £42,000 - £48,000
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65863
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 Metallurgist at our Faslane site.
The role
As a Metallurgist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. The main objective of the Metallurgist is to provide a Metallurgical service across the Royal Navy’s in-service submarine fleet and other MOD assets, ensuring work tasks are delivered safely, on time and to specification.
Day-to-day, you’ll undertake a variety of specialist on-site inspections and laboratory analysis primarily associated with the submarine Nuclear Steam Raising Plant (NSRP) and other systems, in accordance with approved procedures and national/international and MOD standards, as well as:
- Be a key stakeholder in the acceptance process of welder and weld procedure qualification by carrying out destructive testing/examinations of nuclear and non-nuclear welds
- Provide technical advice and support to the business on all metallurgical aspects. This involves working closely with teams from Nuclear Standards, Welding, Non-Destructive Examination (NDE), the Technical/Design Authority groups and Naval Staff
- Produce and approval of documentation, procedures, and inspection reports
- Rectification of defective components and returning to design intent.
This role is full time and is based on site at Faslane.
Essential experience of the Metallurgist:
- An understanding of corrosion, material degradation mechanisms and metallurgy.
- Applying a good attitude is required accompanied with a desire to learn and develop, building on formal education and experience
- Understanding and communication of complex findings and concepts is paramount to the role, therefore strong verbal and written skills are required
- Able to apply rigorous engineering and quality standards to each aspect of work, both within the laboratory and aboard naval defence platforms
- To have good interpersonal skills as you must be able to interact effectively and build relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
Qualifications for the Metallurgist:
- Degree level in Metallurgy or Materials Engineering/Science, or other relevant discipline. Alternatively an HND/HNC of a relevant discipline accompanied with relevant experience.
- Professional accreditation (chartered/incorporated) status, or working towards, with relevant professional body (eg IOM3/WeldI).
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: 21/08/2025