About the role

  • Welding QAQC Engineer ensuring the integrity, safety and performance of welding activity in marine engineering. Supporting national security and fleet availability at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Responsibilities

  • 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

Job title

Welding QAQC Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£41,702 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

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