Babcock International Group

First Line Manager – Pipe Fitter

Babcock International Group

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Plymouth • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £40,098 per year

Job Level

Junior

About the role

  • Lead and motivate a multi‑skilled pipe fitting team across submarine projects, setting clear priorities and standards.
  • Plan work scopes for repair, replacement, overhaul, and maintenance, ensuring quality, schedule, and cost performance.
  • Champion health, safety, and environmental practices associated with production activities, modelling safe behaviours.
  • Coordinate with supervisors, engineers, and stakeholders to resolve technical issues.
  • Develop team capability through coaching, feedback, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • Proven understanding of health and safety processes in a production environment.
  • Experience supervising a team or the drive to step up and learn quickly.
  • Hands‑on experience of repair, replacement, overhaul and maintenance methods.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead, motivate and communicate clearly.
  • Sound knowledge of mechanical systems and pipe fitting practices.
  • ONC or NVQ Level 3 in a relevant mechanical discipline.
  • ILM Level 3 (or equivalent leadership qualification).
  • IOSH certificate (or equivalent safety qualification).
  • Must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Benefits
  • 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.
  • ‘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.
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Hard Skills & Tools
pipe fittingrepair methodsreplacement methodsoverhaul methodsmaintenance methodsmechanical systems knowledge
Soft Skills
leadershipmotivationcommunicationinterpersonal skillscoachingcontinuous improvement
Certifications
ONCNVQ Level 3ILM Level 3IOSH certificate