First Line Manager Plateshop

Job Title: First Line Manager Plateshop
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £38,556 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55986
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 First Line Manager Plateshop at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a First Line Manager Plateshop, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. The Plateshop is a critical enabler in allowing the successful delivery of refits, Deep Maintenance Periods (DMPs), and fleet time support at Devonport and the wider group.
Day to day, the Plateshop manufactures and overhauls fabricated items to Devonport based ship and submarine projects, fleet time vessels and the wider dockyard infrastructure.
You'll manage and supervise the production activities of the fabrication team comprising of fabricators, welders and apprentices.
The role involves the First Line management of a multi skilled team, interfacing with our internal customers within Devonport Royal Dockyard and the production team to ensure efficient and effective delivery of the following:

• Monitor and drive production giving equal focus to safety, quality, cost, welfare, customer, operations and people.
• To manage the repair and overhaul process of customer equipment and survey reports, identifying and ordering additional materials, sub-contract and labour requirements.
• To manage the various repair processes iaw contract requirements, completion of quality documentation, with a focus on product safety.
• Review existing task specific risk assessments and raise new assessments to meet the needs of production.
• Plan, manage and adjust workload to meet operational requirements while setting team clear targets that fit within required by dates.

This role is full time, 35 hours based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience of the First Line Manager Plateshop:

• Extensive knowledge of fabrication methods and processes and an understanding of production management principles.
• Demonstrates positive leadership capability.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills with careful attention to detail.
• Trouble shooting capability including being able to identify an issue and implement corrective actions.

Qualifications for the First Line Manager Plateshop:

• ONC or equivalent in engineering discipline or equivalent technical experience.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve BPSS security clearance for this role.

• Our Benefits
• Generous holiday allowance
• Contributory 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 most 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

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have 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.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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: 21/02/2024
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