Electrical Fitter

Job Title:
Electrical Fitter

Location:
Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £40,967

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role

As an Electrical Fitter, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and improving electrical systems across a complex and high-profile defence estate. This is a hands‑on role where no two days are the same — from routine maintenance to solving complex faults, your work will directly support operational readiness and site safety.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be required to:

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance on electrical systems and equipment
• Identifying faults, defects and required alterations to maintain performance and reliability
• Supporting trades and collaborating with colleagues across maintenance teams
• Ensuring all work is completed in line with safety regulations, policies and procedures
• Suggesting improvements to systems and processes to enhance performance and efficiency.

This is a full‑time role working 36 hours per week, based on site at HMNB Clyde.

• Demonstrating experience working with electrical systems, equipment and maintenance processes
• Applying knowledge of regulations, health and safety standards and documentation
• Carrying out electrical fault finding, repairs and installation work
• Working within controlled environments and following safe systems of work.

• SVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installation, Maintenance or equivalent qualification (essential)
• 2391 Test and Inspection qualification (advantageous)

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading enables UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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.

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 car 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.