Job Title: Vehicle Mechanic – Development Program
Location: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire or Wareham, Dorset
Compensation: Starting Salary £29,653 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72862
Vehicle Mechanic (NVQ Level 2) – Progress Your Career in Defence
The Role
As an NVQ Level 2 Qualified Vehicle Mechanic, you will combine practical, hands‑on experience with a formal learning program to progress towards becoming a fully qualified Heavy Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician. You will work on a wide range of military vehicles, developing skills that are highly valued across the defence and engineering sectors.
Day‑to‑day, you will:
- Carry out servicing, maintenance, fault diagnosis, and repair on a variety of heavy and military vehicles
- Use hand tools, diagnostic equipment, and technical documentation safely and accurately
- Interpret engineering drawings and technical information to meet specification
- Produce clear written reports detailing inspections, servicing, and remedial work
- Work collaboratively within a team while following health, safety, and quality standards
- Attend off‑site academic training three days per week for the first six months, alongside practical experience at your home site
The role is based on site at Ashchurch or Bovington, with set working hours of 37 hours per week. Occasional travel to other Babcock and customer sites will be required as part of your development.
Essential Experience and Qualifications
- Demonstrated aptitude and understanding of mechanical or electrical engineering principles
- Ability to work methodically and accurately when following instructions
- Effective teamwork and communication skills
- Confidence using IT systems for reporting and communication
- Minimum Level 2 qualification in Light Vehicle Maintenance (or equivalent)
- GCSE Grade 4 or above in Maths and English
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 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
Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 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 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.
Application Guidance
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Early applications are encouraged, as we may close the advert ahead of the closing date if we receive a high volume of strong applicants.
Closing date: 14/05/2026
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