Senior Air Traffic Control Assistant

Job Title:             Senior Air Traffic Control Assistant
Location:              Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 
Compensation:    £30,374.55 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:               SF63841

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 Senior Air Traffic Control Assistant at our RAF Wittering site.

The role
As a Senior Air Traffic Control Assistant, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary where you’ll provide assistance to Air Traffic Control staff as required to meet the needs of the customer and the contract.

Day-to-day, you’ll supervise and lead the Air Traffic Control team at RAF Wittering.

• Ensure correct crash categories are maintained and assist ATCO with data collection and inspections.
• Assist in maintaining the integrity of the runway and surrounding surfaces to ensure safe operations.
• Operate all communication systems, ensuring timely and accurate recording and onward messaging to military, civilian, and Babcock partners.
• Record and compile Air Traffic Control statistics using ‘STARS’ and general computer systems. Ensure all statistical data, returns, and reports are accurate and presented within the given time scales
• Issue airfield driving permits and liaise with RAF Wittering-based units and other units during emergencies. Record details 

This role is full time, 40 hours per week and is based on site at RAF Wittering

Essential experience of the Senior Air Traffic Control Assistant 

• Previous experience in mentoring and training.
• Previous experience in acquiring and processing meteorological information, ensuring data is updated accurately and provided within specified time limits.
• Previous experience in carrying out duties in flight planning

Qualifications for the Senior Air Traffic Control Assistant 

• ATCA experience.
• IT literate – MS Word, Excel. 
• Full driving licence.
• Meteorological Observer – desirable

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) 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: 15/05/2025