Estates Ground Worker

Job Title:                     Estates Ground Worker

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon

Compensation:           £28,200 – £32,200+ Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF76894

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Estates Ground Worker at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As an Estates Ground Worker, you’ll support a wide range of grounds maintenance and civil works activities across the dockyard. This is an opportunity to develop practical skills within a unique operational environment while working alongside experienced professionals who are committed to delivering high standards of safety and quality.

Day-to-day, your work will have a visible impact on the site every day, helping to maintain critical infrastructure that supports defence operations and national security.

• Carrying out reactive and planned grounds maintenance activities.


• Installing and maintaining Gatic covers, drains and associated infrastructure.


• Completing tarmacking and concreting works across the site.


• Installing and maintaining Armco barriers, key clamp railings and safety structures.


• Supporting general civil engineering and groundwork activities to maintain site safety and functionality.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Estates Ground Worker

• Experience in groundwork, construction, maintenance or related civil engineering activities.


• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.


• Confidence communicating with customers, colleagues and stakeholders.


• Ability to work across a large operational site and undertake physically active duties.


• Good understanding of groundwork and maintenance practices.

Qualifications for the Estates Ground Worker

Essential:

• Full UK Driving Licence.

Desirable:

• Streetworks qualification.


• Plant operator tickets or relevant plant certifications.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is 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 at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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


• 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) 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.

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll 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, we’re 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 [email protected] 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.

Closing date: 18/11/2026

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