Confined Space Coordinator

Job Title:
Confined Space Coordinator
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £38, Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF68623
Make safety your mission in a career that matters
At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Confined Space Coordinator at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

The role
As a Confined Space Coordinator, you'll be at the heart of our safety operations, ensuring that all confined space activities are carried out to the highest standards. This is a vital role that directly impacts the wellbeing of our teams and the success of our engineering projects. You'll gain hands-on experience, receive comprehensive training and develop your career in a dynamic and purpose-driven environment.

Day-to-day, you'll oversee confined space safety operations by maintaining safe systems of work, issuing and cancelling permits, conducting safety checks, responding to hazards and ensuring atmospheric testing and clearance are completed before work begins.

• Ensuring the Confined Spaces Safe System of Work (SSoW) is in place, maintained, and followed
• Issuing and cancelling Permits to Work (PTW) for confined spaces
• Conducting safety checks before issuing permits
• Withdrawing permits when hazards or non-compliance arise, liaising with teams as needed
• Confirming atmospheric testing and clearance certificates are completed before work begins

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

Essential Experience Of The Confined Space Coordinator

• Experience working in tanks and confined spaces
• Proven ability to manage a Safe System of Work
• Strong understanding of confined space control requirements and standards
• Confident in enforcing compliance with confined space permits
• Skilled at working in complex, fast-paced environments and engaging with multiple stakeholders

Qualifications For The Confined Space Coordinator
Desirable (training provided):

• Confined Space Awareness (HS0415)
• Management and Supervision of Work in Confined Spaces (HS0143)
• OPITO Level 1 Authorised Gas Tester (AGT)

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 )

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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• '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 International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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.

Closing date: 04/11/2025