Job Title: Welding Supervisor
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: Up to £50,118 depending on experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65914
Lead with Purpose. Shape the Future of Defence Engineering.
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 Welding Supervisor at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.
The role
As a Welding Supervisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of our operations, leading a skilled team of Industrial Trades professionals who maintain and support our Fleet Assets. Your leadership will drive excellence across safety, quality, and delivery, while helping shape a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
Day-to-day you’ll be:
- Leading a team of trades professionals in planned/reactive maintenance and commissioning activities
- Defining, scheduling and coordinating work packages with internal teams
- Reviewing safety, quality and technical documentation before work begins
- Managing subcontractors to deliver specific components of work
- Promoting safe working practices and conducting risk assessments
- Collaborating with delivery and training teams to support team development
This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane.
Essential experience of the Welding Supervisor
- Experience in a similar role within a highly regulated industry
- Skilled in Safe Systems of Work and their practical application
- Strong knowledge of Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality standards
- Proven ability to work with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced setting
- Experience in welding subject to Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)
Qualifications for the Welding Supervisor
- HNC in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent hands-on experience
- ILM Level 3 certification is desirable but not essential
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: 05/12/2025
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