Refrigeration Fitter

We Served; Helensburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Helensburgh is seeking a Marine Engineering Refrigeration Fitter to maintain critical refrigeration systems for submarines and surface vessels. This role involves planned preventative maintenance, fault resolution, and working in compliance with health and safety standards. Ideal candidates will have significant refrigeration experience in a shipbuilding environment and relevant qualifications. This position contributes directly to national security and provides numerous benefits including generous holidays and development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining refrigeration systems within marine environments.
• Ability to identify and resolve faults on refrigeration systems.

Responsibilities

• Complete planned preventative maintenance on refrigeration work.
• Identify and resolve faults to maintain operational capability.
• Carry out repairs and inspections on refrigeration systems.

Skills

Refrigeration experience within a shipbuilding or commercial engineering environment

Education

N/SVQ Level 3 – Engineering Maintenance (Mechanical) or equivalent

Job description

Job Title: Refrigeration Fitter

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £39,999

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70131

Keep vital cooling systems running at the heart of the Fleet.

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Marine Engineering Refrigeration Fitter at Faslane, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.

The role

As a Marine Engineering Refrigeration Fitter, you’ll play an essential role in maintaining the reliability, safety and performance of refrigeration systems that support submarines, surface vessels and critical estate infrastructure. Your work will help ensure that the Royal Navy’s capability remains continuously available making this an exciting opportunity to contribute directly to national defence and engineering excellence.

You’ll join a skilled team delivering planned preventative maintenance, undertaking inspections, and resolving defects across a wide range of systems. Working in this environment offers growth, challenge and the chance to refine your technical expertise while supporting projects that matter.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Complete planned preventative maintenance and nuclear‑implicated refrigeration work.
• Identify and resolve faults, defects and alterations to maintain operational capability of submarines, vessels and estate assets.
• Carry out repairs, inspections and fitting activities on refrigeration systems across site.
• Work in accordance with all health and safety legislation and Safe Systems of Work.
• Suggest improvements to processes and systems to support productivity and operational performance.

You’ll work 36 hours per week, based on site at Faslane.

Essential experience of the Refrigeration Fitter

• Refrigeration experience within a shipbuilding or commercial engineering environment.

Qualifications for the Refrigeration Fitter

• N/SVQ Level 3 – Engineering Maintenance (Mechanical) or equivalent.

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 (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• 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 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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 [e-mail] 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: 19/02/2026

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