Welding QAQC Engineer
Babcock International Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Plymouth • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £41,702 per year
About the role
- Support the delivery of complex marine engineering work, making a direct contribution to national security and fleet availability.
- Ensure the integrity, safety and performance of welding activity across significant defence engineering programmes.
- Produce welding-related quality documentation, including Weld Information Sheets and method statements.
- Review welding and non-destructive testing (NDT) quality packs before final acceptance.
- Identify appropriate welding and weld-repair methods that balance quality, productivity and cost-effectiveness.
- Ensure compliance with Babcock’s Quality Management System and BS EN ISO 3834-2 through ongoing surveillance.
- Conduct visual inspections pre-, during and post-weld, liaising with front-line managers, project engineers, clients and representatives.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of welding processes and techniques, particularly across submarine and surface ship structural and pipe systems.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, welding joints and symbols.
- Understanding of welding and material issues encountered across vessels and marine facilities.
- Awareness of BS EN ISO 3834-2 and the importance of welding quality control.
- Strong communication and computer literacy skills.
- Craft Apprenticeship or City & Guilds in Fabrication/Engineering, or equivalent (evidence required).
- 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 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
welding processeswelding techniquesnon-destructive testing (NDT)engineering drawings interpretationwelding jointswelding symbolswelding quality controlweld-repair methodsquality documentationvisual inspections
Soft Skills
communicationcomputer literacy
Certifications
Craft ApprenticeshipCity & Guilds in Fabrication/EngineeringSecurity Check (SC) security clearance