Babcock International Group
Quality Control Coatings Inspector
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Job Title: Quality Control Coatings Inspector
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Compensation: £39,237 - £46,064 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Fixed Term Contract – 18 Months
Role ID: SF68551
Shape the future of naval engineering with Babcock
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 Quality Control Coatings Inspector at our Rosyth site.
The role
As a Quality Control Coatings Inspector, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of one of the UK’s most ambitious shipbuilding programmes – the Type 31 Frigate. This is your chance to contribute to a project that supports national defence and global maritime security, while developing your career in a dynamic, hands-on environment.
Day-to-day you’ll be required to:
- Manage Inspection Test Records (ITRs) and maintain completion records in CMS.
- Coordinate third-party inspections and manage inspection schedules.
- Support the Quality Manager in achieving project-wide quality and governance objectives.
- Inspect structural and piping coatings in a fast-paced shipbuilding environment.
- Liaise with Lloyds Register and other verification bodies to ensure compliance.
This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday and is based on site at Rosyth.
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- In-depth understanding of coatings inspection and quality assurance processes.
- Excellent communication and report writing abilities.
- Strong knowledge of Quality Control within Coatings.
- Ability to assess and assure the quality of work by production teams and subcontractors.
Qualifications For The Quality Control Coatings Inspector
- Minimum ICORR Level 2 CIS / NACE Level 2 / FROSIO Level 2.
- ICORR Level 2 in Thermal and Acoustic Insulation – Preferred
Security Clearance
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.
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. 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
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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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 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: 10/08/26
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