Production Support Operative

Compensation: £23,200 - £24,900 + 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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• '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

Babcock

We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.

Closing date: 18/11/2026

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

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Production Support Operative at Devonport Royal Dockyard, near Plymouth, Devon.

As a Production Support Operative, you'll be at the core of maintaining operational excellence at one of the UK's most critical defence sites. You'll work hands-on with specialist cleaning equipment and chemicals to ensure our facilities meet the highest standards of safety and cleanliness. This is a vital role that supports the wider engineering and nuclear operations, helping to keep our submarines and naval assets mission ready.

Day-to-day, you'll use cleaning chemicals and equipment while ensuring strict adherence to health and safety regulations.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

• Using specialist cleaning chemicals and equipment to maintain plant and facilities
• Cleaning and decontaminating sensitive areas across the site
• Operating industrial cleaning machinery safely and efficiently
• Following strict health and safety protocols at all times

Job Title: Production Support Operative

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF74880