Aircraft Technician

Job Title:                     Aircraft Technician

Location:                     St Andrews, Fife

Compensation:           £31,551.83 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF71526

Be Part of Something That Keeps the UK Flying Safely

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Aircraft Inspector at Leuchars Station, near St Andrews, Fife.

The role

As an Aircraft Inspector, you’ll be a key member of our UK Military Air team supporting the LAFT2 contract. You’ll use your specialist skills to deliver high‑quality maintenance, inspection and technical support for our aircraft fleet, helping ensure safe and reliable flying operations every day. This role offers a unique opportunity to work within a small, close‑knit team while being part of a much larger international organisation committed to excellence and continuous improvement.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Assisting with ground movement of aircraft.
• Supervising and carrying out flight‑line operations, including aircraft preparation, check‑A maintenance, and fuel/oil replenishment.
• Conducting and supervising scheduled and corrective maintenance across the LAFT aircraft fleet.
• Completing pre‑use checks and scheduled maintenance of Ground Support Equipment.
• Using RAL systems to support maintenance and rectification tasking and documentation.

You’ll work 20 hours per week, with occasional weekend working and the potential to support detachments at other sites when required.

Essential experience of the Aircraft Inspector:

• Aircraft handling experience within a military, CAA or EASA Part 145 environment.
• Experience mentoring new starters.
• Supervisory experience in an aircraft engineering environment.

Qualifications for the Aircraft Inspector:

• Recognised Aircraft Apprenticeship, military experience or NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent).
• Full UK driving licence.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (EDBS) 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: 25/02/2026

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