Lifting Operative - Slinger
// Role Summary
Join Babcock as a Lifting Operative in Plymouth, supporting critical submarine and warship programmes. This role offers a chance to develop specialist skills in a unique dockyard environment, contributing directly to national security.
// Key Responsibilities
- Safely execute slinging and lifting operations for defence projects.
- Support fleeting operations on submarines and warships.
- Produce and adhere to lift plans and operational instructions.
- Establish and maintain safe exclusion zones during lifting.
- Inspect lifting equipment and report non-compliant items.
- Requires CPCS Blue A40, NPORS 402, or NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) qualifications.
// Role Specification
About the Role
At Babcock, we are dedicated to creating a secure world, and as a Lifting Operative at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site in Plymouth, you will play a crucial part in this mission. This role is essential for supporting critical operations within our submarine and warship programmes.
Working within a highly skilled team, you will be responsible for the safe and efficient movement of equipment and materials, ensuring the progress of major defence projects. This is an excellent opportunity to build a long-term career in defence, engineering, and naval operations, gaining specialist skills in a unique dockyard environment and contributing directly to national security.
Key Responsibilities
- Carrying out slinging and lifting operations safely and efficiently.
- Supporting fleeting operations on submarines and warships.
- Producing and following lift plans and operational instructions.
- Setting up and maintaining safe exclusion zones during lifting activities.
- Inspecting lifting equipment and reporting or isolating non-compliant items.
Role Details
This is a full-time, permanent position, working 35 hours per week, based at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Optimised Working Patterns (OWP) are available, which may involve 7-day working arrangements on a 4-week shift cycle (day/back shift or day/night shift). Details of OWP pay and patterns can be found in the OWP 1 and OWP 2 agreements.
Essential Experience and Qualifications
Essential Experience:
- Experience in lifting operations or similar hands-on industrial roles.
- Ability to follow procedures and work safely in a structured environment.
- Strong communication skills, including signalling to crane operators.
- Willingness to learn, develop, and undertake further training.
Desirable Experience:
- Experience in marine, construction, or heavy engineering environments.
Required Qualifications:
- CPCS Blue A40 Slinger Signaller, NPORS 402 Slinger Signaller, or NVQ Level 2 in Lifting and Moving Loads (or equivalent).
Advantageous Qualifications:
- Additional rigging or lifting certifications.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Eligibility may be affected by birthplace, nationality, citizenship, and residency.
What We Offer
- Generous holiday allowance.
- Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance.
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations.
- Employee shopping savings portal.
- Payment of Professional Fees.
- Special paid leave for Reservists in the armed forces.
- Holiday Trading options.
- 'Be Kind Day' for volunteering.
Babcock is a global FTSE 100 organisation committed to building a future that lasts and fostering meaningful careers with work-life balance. We are a disability confident committed employer and welcome discussions about flexible working and reasonable adjustments.