Location:
Helensburgh, GB, G84 8HL
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Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite
Job Title: Electrical Fitter
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: £40,967
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF74116
Power critical systems. Support national security. Build your future.
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Electrical Fitter at HMNB Clyde, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.
The role
As an Electrical Fitter, you’ll play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing the performance of critical combat systems that support the Royal Navy and wider defence operations. Working within a highly skilled team, you’ll carry out electrical fitting, maintenance, and inspection activities on a wide range of complex systems and equipment.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your technical expertise in a dynamic defence and engineering environment, where your work directly contributes to operational readiness and national security. You’ll gain exposure to varied and challenging tasks, supporting your career growth while making a meaningful impact.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and nuclear-related electrical work to meet operational objectives
Identifying and rectifying system faults, defects, and required modifications across vessels and site equipment
Ensuring all work is completed in line with safety regulations, policies, and approved processes
Supporting continuous improvement by suggesting ways to enhance systems and working practices
Working collaboratively with engineering teams to deliver safe, efficient, and high-quality outcomes.
This is a full-time role working 36 hours per week based on site at HMNB Clyde.
Essential experience of the Electrical Fitter:
Working with electrical systems, equipment, and installation practices
Applying electrical regulations and safe working standards
Using maintenance documentation and technical drawings
Understanding of health and safety requirements, including COSHH
Experience in industries such as shipbuilding, construction, manufacturing, oil and gas, or aviation.
Qualifications for the Electrical Fitter:
SVQ Level 3 in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Apprenticeship, or equivalent recognised trade qualification.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 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
[email protected] 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: 04/08/2026
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