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You'll also have opportunities to share your expertise and support the development of trainee operators.\nOperating fixed, mobile and dockside cranes in accordance with lifting plans, procedures and safety requirements.\nConducting pre-use inspections and safety checks to ensure lifting equipment remains safe and fit for purpose.\nPositioning and configuring cranes safely while identifying hazards, ground loading restrictions and environmental risks.\nCommunicating effectively with crane supervisors, slinger signallers and operational teams throughout lifting activities.\nSupporting complex lifting operations, monitoring weather conditions and contributing to the development of trainee operators.\nThis role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.\nEssential experience of the Cranes Operator\nExperience carrying out safe and efficient lifting operations within industrial, engineering, maritime, construction or similar environments.\nWorking knowledge of lifting plans, risk assessments and permit-to-work requirements.\nExperience following statutory regulations and safe systems of work.\nAbility to communicate effectively during lifting and operational activities.\nStrong commitment to safety, teamwork and operational excellence.\nQualifications for the Cranes Operator\nIt would be advantageous if you hold any of the following:\nHGV Category C Driving Licence.\nNPORS 101 Mobile Crane Operator qualification (or equivalent).\nNPORS 102 Tower Crane Operator qualification (or equivalent).\nNPORS 402 Slinger Signaller qualification (or equivalent).\nNPORS 405 Crane Supervisor qualification (or equivalent).\nSecurity Clearance\nThe successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.\nMany 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).\nWhat we offer\nGenerous holiday allowance\nMatched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance\nAccess to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+\nEmployee shopping savings portal\nPayment of Professional Fees\nReservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave\nHoliday 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.\n‘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\nBabcock\nWe’re Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.\nHere, 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.\nWe call that lifetime engineering.\nJoin us and see how far we can go, together.\nWe are a disability confident committed employer. 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