Babcock International
For more than a century, Babcock, the Aerospace and Defence company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering services, helping customers around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the four sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation and Nuclear.
In Plymouth, Babcock International’s Dockyard facility is co-located with HM Naval Base Devonport to form the largest naval support site in Western Europe. This is a busy operational, training and support base for both the Royal Navy and visiting international naval vessels. Here, Babcock works in partnership with the Ministry of Defence providing support for submarines, surface ships, their systems and equipment including the refit and refuel/defuel of nuclear-powered submarines.
Babcock is one of Plymouth’s largest employers and has a huge range of apprenticeships specialities available each year which include; Advanced Craft Engineering, Business & Administration, CAD Technician, IT Network Engineer, Installation Electrician, Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing, Plumber, Shipwright, Welder.
Every July Babcock holds a week-long Future Engineers placement for year 10 students. They also offer work experience within the Supply Chain, Commercial and Finance teams.
Did you know?
HM Naval Base and Dockyard Devonport was founded by King William III in 1691.
In times gone by, Devonport dockyard had a church, shops, post office, railway and a pub.
Babock is the number two supplier in the UK to the MOD
Submarines create their own fresh water and oxygen so that they are able to remain underwater for several months at a time.
In recent years, Babcock has recruited over 100 apprentices EACH year!
Top Facts
5000 Employees in Devonport, Plymouth
Over 35,000 Employees Globally
Locations: UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Europe, Middle East.
