Fabricator – Plater Opportunities
Job Title: Fabricator – Plater
Vacancies: Multiple opportunities available
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £35,530 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF56075
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 Fabricator – Plater at historic Devonport Royal Dockyard – home of the biggest naval base in Western Europe and a vital support for the Royal Navy for over 700 years.
At Babcock we have a true culture of opportunity – with business contracts that last decades and structured career development pathways that can take you in all kinds of directions; you will grow, develop, and achieve more than you ever thought possible. There has never been a better time for you to join Babcock.
Fabricator – Plater Opportunities
As a Fabricator – Plater, you’ll be at the heart of our mission to support the UK’s submarine and warship programmes. You’ll work on some of the most complex and critical engineering projects in the country, helping to maintain and upgrade naval platforms that protect our nation.
This is a hands-on role where your skills in structural fabrication and repair will make a real difference. You’ll be part of a highly skilled team, contributing to national defence and maritime innovation while growing your own career in a dynamic and rewarding environment.
What you’ll do:
- Fabricating and modifying structures using various metals and thicknesses
- Interpreting engineering drawings and technical specifications
- Performing structural repairs and manufacturing structural modules
- Operating workshop tools and fabrication machinery
- Ensuring all work meets safety and quality standards
What you’ll need:
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and work instructions
- Skilled in using fabrication tools and workshop machinery
- Experience in marine engineering or similar sectors (e.g., Royal Navy, RFA, commercial shipbuilding)
- Strong attention to detail and a safety-first mindset
- Essential: Indentured Apprenticeship or Level 2 qualification in fabrication, structural steel, or sheet metal work
- Preferred: Additional certifications in welding or marine engineering
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
[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.
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