Job Title: Aircraft Technician
Location: Lincolnshire, England
Compensation: £33,394.50 + Allowances
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF68430
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 Aircraft Technician at our RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire site.
The role
As an Aircraft Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will perform forward maintenance tasks to an exceptional standard, ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements and strict adherence to airworthiness protocols.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
- Perform fault diagnosis and corrective maintenance on Hawk Avionic and Electrical systems, with first signature accountability
- Carry out scheduled maintenance activities and support flight line operations to ensure aircraft readiness
- Uphold the company’s Dignity and Respect at Work Policy through professional conduct and collaboration
- Adhere to all health, safety, and environmental procedures, maintaining compliance and promoting a safe working environment.
This role is full time working 37.5 hours per week and is based on site at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire.
Essential experience of the Aircraft Technician:
Proven experience working on fast jet platforms or in a comparable aircraft technical role, demonstrating advanced maintenance and diagnostic capabilities.
Qualifications for the Aircraft Technician:
- Hold a full, clean UK driving licence
- Qualified to NVQ Level 3 (S&G 2675) or equivalent in a relevant technical discipline.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be 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. 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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 03/11/2025
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