Job Title: Mechanical Calibrator
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll, and Bute
Compensation: £38,461 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61225
At Babcock we are working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Mechanical Calibrator at our Clyde, Faslane site.
The role
As a Mechanical Calibrator, you will have a role that is out of the ordinary. Your role will be conducting the calibration, diagnosis and repair of Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE).
Day-to-day, you will achieve successful, timely, completion of work packages, meeting safety and quality standards.
- Ensure all tasks are conducted in accordance with the Company’s cost, time, and quality requirements.
- Implementation of the Company Safety, Quality and Environmental policies in the Instrumentation and Calibration area of the business ensuring that assessments of risks are carried out which lead to safe working attitudes and practices.
- Calibration, adjustment, diagnosis, and repair of diverse types of TMDE. Including, but not limited to, Pressure gauges, Force gauges, Torque tools, Scales & Balances, Calipers, Various Micrometers, Dial Test Indicators.
- Produce Calibration Checklists for new models of TMDE and assist in the assessment of new Calibration Procedures, as you gain parameter sign off.
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 Monday – Friday with a half day on Friday and is based on site at HMNB Clyde, near Helensburgh.
Essential experience of the Mechanical Calibrator
- Knowledge of instrumentation and calibration procedures, theory, techniques, and processes (Mechanical)
- Knowledge of Safe Systems of Work and Risk Assessments
- Working experience with pressure systems
Qualifications for the Mechanical Calibrator
- SVQ Level 3 in a relevant mechanical discipline / recognised Mechanical Apprenticeship (or equivalent)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain SC security clearance for this role and be a sole UK National.
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.
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 are committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone is free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 30/04/25
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