Plater

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

12/12/2024

Job Title: Plater

Location: Ashton, Bristol

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF61001

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 Plater at our Ashton, Bristol site.

The role

As a Plater, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Working on a new class of Submarines, you will be responsible for using fabrication drawings to work within tight tolerances of the weapon systems.

Day-to-day, you’ll be working on the shop floor using your fabrication experience and knowledge to ensure smooth operations.

• Plating/Fabrication of large high strength, quenched and tempered Steel assemblies for the defence industry
• Fabrication of assemblies used for lifting and handling in the defence industry
• Flame cutting/profiling, rolling, press brake
• Fabrication from design drawing and CAD modelling
  
  
  

This position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at Bristol.

Essential Experience Of The Plater

• Time served apprenticeship or similar in welding/fabrication
• Working to high quality standards
• Capable of reading complex fabrication drawings
• CAD experience desirable
• Experience of fabrication/plating in the defence industry is desirable
  
  
  

Qualifications For The Plater

• Previous experience or qualification
• Lifting and Slinging experience and associated qualification (preferred)
  
  
  

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. However, the successful candidate will be allowed to start on Standard (BPSS) but will need to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearnece.

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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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
• Potential to develop skills
• A dynamic working environment
  
  
  

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: 24/01/2025

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