Location:
Helensburgh, GB, G84 8HL
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Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite
Job Title: Mechanical Fitter
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: £40,967
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF74455
Keep Critical Defence Systems Ready for What Matters Most
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 HMNB Clyde, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly skilled engineering team supporting critical defence infrastructure. Working within our Combat Systems section, you’ll help maintain, repair and improve essential systems that contribute directly to the operational readiness of the Royal Navy. Every day brings new challenges, technical variety and opportunities to develop your expertise in a unique environment.
The role
As a Mechanical Fitter, you’ll carry out mechanical maintenance, repairs, inspections and fault-finding activities on a variety of combat systems and equipment. Your work will help ensure critical assets remain safe, reliable and available when needed.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and nuclear-implicated work in line with operational requirements.
Identifying, diagnosing and rectifying equipment defects, system faults and mechanical issues.
Maintaining high technical and quality standards to support the availability and performance of combat systems.
Following safe systems of work, health and safety legislation and control of work processes.
Contributing ideas to improve processes, productivity and engineering performance.
This is a 36-hour working week based onsite at HMNB Clyde. Set working times are Monday to Thursday, 07:15 – 16:45.
Essential experience of the Mechanical Fitter:
Experience within a marine, industrial engineering or mechanical maintenance environment.
Ability to work at height, in confined spaces and in varying weather conditions.
Experience interpreting engineering drawings and technical information.
Strong fault-finding, problem-solving and attention-to-detail skills.
Knowledge of maintenance procedures, risk assessments, COSHH assessments and safe systems of work, alongside excellent teamwork skills
Qualifications for the Mechanical Fitter:
Recognised Mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship qualified to SVQ Level 3 (or equivalent NVQ/City & Guilds qualification), or
HNC or above in a Mechanical Engineering discipline supported by relevant industry experience.
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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