Job Title: Non-Destructive Examination Engineer
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: £39,668 - £47,868 depending on experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF76012
Use Your Inspection Expertise to Support the UK's Submarine Fleet
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 Non-Destructive Examination Engineer at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.
The role
As a Non-Destructive Examination Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll play a vital role in delivering inspection and quality assurance activities across submarine maintenance and repair programmes. You'll work alongside experienced specialists, applying industry-leading inspection techniques to identify defects, support engineering decisions and help maintain the highest standards of safety and performance.
Day-to-day, you'll be required to:
- Conducting non-destructive examinations in accordance with applicable specifications, procedures and standards
- Performing inspections using radiographic, ultrasonic, magnetic particle, liquid penetrant and visual testing techniques
- Interpreting inspection results and producing accurate technical reports and documentation
- Supporting maintenance and repair activities through defect identification and engineering assurance
- Collaborating with engineering, operations and quality teams to maintain compliance and continuous improvement
This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday 07:15 – 16:45 and is based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane.
Essential experience of the Non-Destructive Examination Engineer
- Experience working with non-destructive examination and inspection techniques
- Demonstrable understanding of inspection procedures, standards and quality requirements
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical findings clearly
- Ability to produce accurate reports and maintain inspection records
- Experience working within engineering, manufacturing, defence, nuclear, marine or highly regulated environments
Qualifications for the Non-Destructive Examination Engineer
- PCN Level II in Ultrasonics (3.1/3.2)
- Minimum of one additional PCN Level II qualification in one of the following: Penetrant Testing, Magnetic Particle , Testing, Visual Inspection, Radiography
- PCN Level II Eddy Current – desirable
- PCN Level II Advanced Radiation Safety – desirable
- CSWIP 3.0 or CSWIP 3.1 – desirable
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 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
Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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: 02/10/2026
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