Mechanical Fitter

BAE Systems; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000

Job description

Job title: Mechanical Fitter

Location: Glasgow – Govan and Scotstoun – Based on site and must be able to attend a recruitment day in Glasgow

Salary: Up to £37,318 depending on qualifications and experience (additional shift allowance of 33% may be applicable)

Requirements: Trade Papers to be provided when submitting application

What you’ll be doing:

• Complying with SHE regulations
• Achieving team targets
• Producing a job to a required standard and quality
• Assisting supervisors with shop floor related issues
• Ensuring job completion dates are met

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Modern Apprenticeship certificate also known as Trade Papers (you will be required to provide papers)
• Understanding of fabrication and installation drawings
• Hand skills required for assembly and fabrication purposes
• Clear understanding of SHE risk awareness

Desirable:

• Understanding of manufacturing processes
• Understanding of quality standards and work tolerances within the company

Please ensure you have attached a copy of your qualifications when submitting your application.

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Mechanical Fitters Team:

As part of being a Mechanical Fitter, we’re doing work that impacts the world. To ensure the delivery of vital security products and services, our team works a variety of shifts. This includes day, back, night and weekend shifts.

This is an exciting opportunity to operate in a new innovative and competitive environment where you can be flexible about how you work and what you work on.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 6th January 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.