Babcock Australia & New Zealand

Job Title: Mobile Vehicle Mechanic

Location: Colchester, Essex

Compensation: £37,850 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF65191

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Mobile Vehicle Mechanic.

The role

As a Mobile Vehicle Mechanic, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is an exciting opportunity to not only work on military vehicles but also explore different parts of the country.

Day-to-day, you’ll carry out routine and bespoke inspection, servicing, maintenance, fault diagnosis mechanical and/or electrical repair to a wide range of advanced military wheeled vehicles to Level 1 and 2 maintenance standards.

• Capable of in-depth engineering work and diagnostics on large, and small vehicles
• Able to adapt to a wide variety of unusual vehicle platforms using modern repair techniques and skills
• Adept at reading and utilising repair manuals, spares lists and modern diagnostic schematics through modern media assets as required
• Proficient at problem solving using technical knowledge and experience to obtain positive outcomes
• Expected to work efficiently to achieve targets and specific deadlines set by Line Manager to achieve positive results

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.

Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is a field-based role based at our Colchester site.

Essential experience of the Mobile Vehicle Mechanic:

• Experienced IT skills competent at utilising laptops and diagnostic computers with a good understanding of MS Word and Excel

Qualifications for the Mobile Vehicle Mechanic:

• A recognised qualification in Automotive Engineering with a minimum C and G level 3 or BTEC/IMI/NVQ equivalent or has served in HM Armed Forces as a Vehicle Mechanic Class One
• B1 Driving Licence

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: 03/07/2025

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