Quality Control Coatings Inspector

Other
Fife
June 26, 2026
Permanent
Urgent

Job Description

Quality Control Coatings Inspector

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Role Type: Full time / Fixed Term Contract – 18 Months

Role ID: SF68551

Shape the future of naval engineering with Babcock – a position on our Rosyth site working on the UK’s Type 31 Frigate programme, supporting national defence and maritime security.

Responsibilities

  • 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.

Essential Experience

  • 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

  • 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 positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and trade control restrictions, which may affect eligibility based on place of birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK ().

Benefits

  • 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 allows employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave. This window opens February through to March annually.
  • Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year 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.

EEO and Inclusion Statement

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’. 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.

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