Equipment Maintainer - Training Equipment & Facilities

Job Title:               Equipment Maintainer - Training Equipment & Facilities
Location:               Gosport, Hampshire
Compensation:     £23,008 + Benefits
Role Type:             Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                 SF59005

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Equipment Maintainer (Training Equipment & Facilities) within the Marine Engineering Group at HMS Sultan.

The role

As an Equipment Maintainer, you'll have a role that is out of the ordinary. You'll play a vital role in ensuring our Naval personnel receive the highest quality training by maintaining engineering equipment, building systems and machinery. Your work will be essential to our mission.

Day to day, your tasks will vary, from troubleshooting machinery breakdowns to ensuring the cleanliness of our facilities:

• Maintain and prepare marine engineering equipment and machinery used for training and instruction, ensuring it's ready for use.
• Diagnose and carry out small work defect rectification as directed, to ensure optimal equipment performance.
• Support the administrative operation of the front office, and assist with the reception of visitors, as required.
• Issue tools and equipment as needed for training purposes and provide logistical support / technical assistance to training staff.
• Maintain a clean working environment and conduct routine building maintenance tasks, including pressure washing and painting.
• Adhere to strict safety protocols and guidelines, ensuring the building, equipment and procedures are compliant with current Health & Safety regulations.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week, and is based on site at HMS Sultan in Gosport.

Essential experience of the Equipment Maintainer

• Experience of maintenance, fault finding and reporting in a building environment.
• IT literate with proficiency in using Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel).
• Ability to manipulate Excel data accordingly and to present statistical information.
• Awareness of First Aid / Fire & Risk Assessments. Full training will be provided.
• IOSH Working safely certificate (desirable)

Qualifications for the Equipment Maintainer

• We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

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

• Company workwear and PPE is provided
• 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
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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 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: 27/09/2024