Lifting and Slinging Specialist

Job Title: Lifting and Slinging Specialist
Location: Ashton Vale Bristol
Compensation: Competitive Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65632

Take Your Skills to New Heights

At Babcock were working to create a safe and secure world together and if you join us you can play your part as a Lifting and Slinging Specialist at our Ashton Vale site.

The role
As a Lifting and Slinging Specialist youll have a role thats out of the ordinary. Youll be the technical authority for all lifting and slinging operations across our manufacturing facility ensuring safety compliance and efficiency.

Day-to-day youll

• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers operations managers and safety teams to support upcoming work packages.
• Manage lifting equipment stores and ensure all equipment is maintained inspected and fit for purpose.
• Act as the SME for lifting and slinging providing training and guidance to shop floor operatives.
• Produce lift plans and ensure all lifting activities comply with legislation and Babcock policy.
• Lead the planning and execution of lifting operations across the Bristol site.

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

Essential experience of the Lifting and Slinging Specialist:

• Experience in lifting equipment inspections and overhead crane operations.
• Proven experience in complex lifting and slinging operations.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings related to lifting and handling.

Qualifications for the Lifting and Slinging Specialist:

• Relevant slinging/lifting qualification or certificate with experience.

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 atUnited Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - ().

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
• 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
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical mental and financial wellbeing
• Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working days 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 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 emailwith the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement. Were committed to building an inclusive culture where everyones free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 21/11/2025

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