Mechanical Technician

Job Title:                     Mechanical Technician

Location:                     Isle of Anglesey, Wales

Compensation:           Competitive Salary

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF67968

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 Mechanical Technician at our RAF Valley, Wales site.

The role

As a Mechanical Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be a skilled technician performing detailed aircraft or component maintenance, working independently to approved technical data and instructions in line with the organisation’s Maintenance Organisation Exposition (MOE).

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

• Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, diagnostics, repairs, and system tests on aircraft and components
• Analyse performance and faults, applying technical expertise to resolve issues and improve procedures
• Maintain task competencies and demonstrate a proactive, adaptable approach to responsibilities
• Support compliance activities within the maintenance facility, including tooling oversight and procedural checks.

This role is full time working 37.5 hours per week and is based on site at RAF Valley, Wales.

Essential experience of the Mechanical Technician:

• Completed Engineering Apprenticeship, ideally with City & Guilds 2675 or NVQ Level 3 in Aeronautical Engineering
• Applicants with Trade Principles and Aircraft Platform training will be considered, subject to completing the B3(T) Pathway.

Qualifications for the Mechanical Technician:

• Completed apprenticeship or qualifications in Aeronautical Engineering or military equivalent
• Trained in Airframe and Propulsion trades
• Proficient in computer systems and digital tools.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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: 10/11/2025

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