Assistant Armourer

Location:

Aylesbury, GB, HP22 5PG

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Assistant Armourer

Location: Buckinghamshire, England

Compensation: £26,586 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF71644

Support essential aviation operations by ensuring the safe handling, storage and management of weapons and ammunition.

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Assistant Armourer at RAF Halton, supporting core activities that help keep personnel safe and operations running effectively.

The role

As an Assistant Armourer, you’ll work within the Small Arms and Explosives function, supporting the Hades Small Arms/Explosives Supervisor in the day‑to‑day running of the armoury. You’ll be responsible for the accurate issuing, receiving, storage and after‑use checking of weapons, as well as assisting with ammunition processing and routine armoury management tasks.

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

Issuing and receiving service and private weapons, ensuring all transactions are accurately recorded in line with regulations.
Assisting with FFE (Free From Explosives) duties as directed by the Explosives Supervisor.
Supporting ammunition processing, accounting, issuing and receipting.
Managing daily operations within the Small Arms maintenance bay.
Conducting daily checks of weapons, ensuring compliance with required standards.

This is a full‑time, permanent role working onsite at RAF Holton, Buckinghamshire, working Monday to Friday, 08:00–17:00, with opportunities for overtime.

Essential experience of the Assistant Armourer:

Understanding of a military or similar operational environment (desirable).
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, etc.) and competent numerical skills for accounting tasks.

Qualifications for the Assistant Armourer:

Explosives Foundation Course (desirable).
Full UK Driving Licence.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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.

Closing date: 06/03/2026

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