Production Supervisor Structures

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Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD

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Job Title:
Production Supervisor Structures

Location:
Rosyth, Fife

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role

Lead Structural Production That Supports National Defence

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 Production Supervisor Structures at our Rosyth site.

As a Production Supervisor Structures, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to lead skilled production teams delivering complex structural fabrication and welding activities that are critical to major defence programmes. You'll take ownership of operational performance, champion a strong safety culture, and help develop the next generation of production professionals. If you're passionate about leadership, continuous improvement, manufacturing excellence, and making a meaningful contribution to projects of national importance, this could be the next step in your career.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead day-to-day structural manufacturing operations, ensuring work is delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards. You'll translate business priorities into achievable production plans, coordinate resources effectively, and drive performance across safety, quality, cost, and schedule objectives.

This role offers the opportunity to influence operational excellence while supporting programmes that help protect national security. You'll be empowered to develop people, improve processes, and make a lasting impact within a complex engineering and manufacturing environment.

• Leading daily structural production activities to deliver contractual commitments and production objectives.
• Monitoring performance against safety, quality, cost, and schedule targets, implementing recovery plans where required.
• Coordinating people, materials, equipment, and resources to maximise productivity and operational efficiency.
• Championing a proactive safety culture and ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Developing team capability through coaching, engagement, performance management, and workforce planning activities.

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

• Proven experience leading teams within a production, manufacturing, shipbuilding, or heavy engineering environment.
• Extensive experience of structural steel fabrication and welding processes.
• Demonstrable success delivering against safety, quality, cost, and schedule targets.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical documentation, and production specifications.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and people development skills.

• ONC, HNC, or equivalent engineering qualification.
• Time-served engineering, manufacturing, or production background with significant relevant industry experience.
• IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent health and safety qualification.
• ILM Level 3/5, CMI, or another recognised leadership qualification.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement methodologies, Six Sigma, or ERP systems such as IFS.
• Experience with in complex manufacturing, defence, shipbuilding, or multi-disciplined production environments.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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