Aircraft Technician

About the job

Job Title: Aircraft Technician
Location: Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Compensation: £28,551.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF54628

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 Benson site.

The role
As an Aircraft Technician, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary, this role is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established contract providing class leading support to the UK Ministry of Defence. An interesting, dynamic, and rewarding role utilising specialist skill whilst operating within a small team, albeit being part of a much bigger international organisation.

Day to day you'll support all aircraft engineering, line, and depth maintenance as well as:

• General duties as required, including (but not limited to), aircraft cleaning, housekeeping, Flight-line operations i.e., Preparation of aircraft for daily flying, "see-in" and "see-off", fuel and oil replenishment and other responsibilities as allocated by the LAE.
• Schedule servicing and corrective maintenance and all other engineering related activities and services on Company Aircraft and Equipment including Check A maintenance as required to always meet or exceed customer expectations and LAFT2 contractual needs.

Relevant experience in an aircraft maintenance environment and

• Have successfully completed a recognised apprenticeship or period of formal training and
• Have current experience of the aircraft/component type or have recent practical experience of aircraft of comparable structure, systems including engines.

This role is full time and based onsite at RAF Benson

Qualifications for the Aircraft Technician:
Successfully completed a recognised aviation apprenticeship or similar training.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve BPSS/SC security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 4.5% of salary, with life assurance
• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• '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 International
For over 130 years Babcock International have 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.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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.