Plumber

Job Title: Plumber

Location: Chatham Kent

Compensation: From 36414 Dependent on Experience Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF73536

Keep critical infrastructure running and make a real impact every day

At Babcock were working to create a safe and secure world together. If you join us you can play your part as a Plumber at Chatham near Chatham Kent.

The role

As a Plumber youll play a vital role in maintaining the safety efficiency and reliability of essential facilities across the estate. Working as part of a closeknit team youll deliver both planned and reactive maintenance across a wide range of mechanical systems from water services to heating and drainage. This is a handson role where your expertise directly supports operational readiness while offering you the opportunity to further develop your technical skills in a dynamic engineering environment.

Day-to-day youll be required to:

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance including system checks inspections and servicing
• Diagnose and repair faults across plumbing heating and water hygiene systems
• Respond to reactive maintenance tasks such as leaks blockages and system faults
• Maintain accurate records of work completed and support inventory management
• Support general site operations by ensuring systems remain safe compliant and fully operational

Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting bending using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

The role is based onsite at Chatham and the set working times are Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16:30 totalling 40 hours per week. Overtime is available.

Essential experience of the Plumber:

• Demonstrable plumbing experience ideally within a commercial or facilities environment
• Experience carrying out both planned and reactive maintenance
• Ability to fault find and repair a range of mechanical and plumbing systems
• Strong understanding of health and safety and compliance standards
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Qualifications for the Plumber:

• Relevant plumbing qualification
• Full UK driving licence

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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 - ().

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 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 days paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock

Were Babcock a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26000 people working together to make a difference.

Here youll 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 were 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 with 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.

Application Guidance

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Early applications are encouraged as we may close the advert ahead of the closing date if we receive a high volume of strong applicants.

Closing date: 15/07/2026