Welding Technician

About the job

Job Title: Welding Technician
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF57383

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 Welding Technician at our Ashton House site.

The Role
As a Welding Technician, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will be involved in a diverse range of work from providing technical knowledge and shop floor based production questions, to carrying out audits at the supply chain.

Day-to-day, you'll support the Welding Engineer and Welding Development Manager at tender reviews regarding equipment status, procedure qualification and welder qualification as well as:

• Carrying out welding research and development trials, and facilitating welding production improvements in both structural and pipe joints
• The maintenance of BS EN ISO3834 and ISO14731-1
• Compiling welding procedures and qualifications for the quality assurance department to be included in contract deliverables
• Liaising with third party inspections regarding revalidation and qualification of welders
• Monitoring welder qualifications/re-validation and subsequent notification/recall

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and based on site at Ashton House, Bristol.

Experience required of the Welding Technician

• Knowledge of Word and Excel packages
• Portable arc monitoring system experience
• Structural welding experience
• Understanding of manipulation and process production

Qualifications for the Welding Technician

• Apprenticeship or proven experience in fabrication and welding
• CSWIP-3.1 or PCN level two Welding Inspector (advantageous)
• HNC in welding fabrication (advantageous)

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.

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

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• 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 the majority of 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
• Opportunities to develop your career

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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 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.