Boilermaker

Boilermaker

Location
:
Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Type
:
Full time / Permanent

Role : SF72734

Role Overview
:
As a Boilermaker, you’ll play a vital role in maintaining, repairing and improving essential estate infrastructure at one of the UK’s most strategically important naval bases. From boilers and cranes to marine and mechanical structures, your expertise will help ensure safe, compliant and reliable operations every day.

This is a hands‑on, skilled engineering role where no two days are the same. You’ll work alongside experienced professionals in a supportive team environment, contributing directly to national defence while continuing to develop your technical capability, confidence and career.

Day‑to‑day responsibilities
:

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance across boilers, cranes and marine structures.
• Identifying, diagnosing and rectifying system, manufacturing and installation defects.
• Interpreting engineering drawings, schematics and technical documentation.
• Working safely in line with health, safety and environmental legislation and safe systems of work.
• Contributing ideas to improve processes, productivity and operational effectiveness.

Working hours
: 36 hours per week, Monday to Thursday, 07:15 to 16:45 at HMNB Clyde.

Essential experience
:

• Operating and maintaining brazing or similar mechanical equipment.
• Interpreting engineering drawings and technical schematics.
• Completing risk assessments and working to safe systems of work.
• Applying COSHH requirements in a practical environment.
• Working safely with mechanical tools, equipment and machinery.

Qualifications
:

• Completed a recognised engineering apprenticeship or equivalent qualification.
• Coded welding experience – desirable.
• Confined spaces or working at height certification – desirable.
• Asbestos awareness or abrasive wheels training – desirable.

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

Benefits
:

• 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 – ability to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave.
• Be Kind Day – one working day's paid leave a year for volunteering.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

EEO Statement
:
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 We are happy to discuss flexible working.