Electrical Vehicle Technician

Job Title:                     Electrical Vehicle Technician

Location:                     Walsall, West Midlands

Compensation:           £33,497.65 dependent experience

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF58696

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 Electrical Vehicle Technician at our Walsall site.

The role

As an Electrical Vehicle Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be part of a highly skilled team supporting customers including the police, fire, and ambulance service.

Babcock delivers the design, manufacture and support of customised vehicles and protective solutions. Our customers include the emergency services, civil service, military, and other security focused organisations based in the UK and overseas.

Day to day, you’ll

• Fit, repair, install and integrate enhanced electrical and electronic systems in motor vehicles.
• Fault finding and rectification.
• Design and develop electrical solutions for vehicles.
• Vehicle conversions can include mechanical, electrical, bodywork, fabrication, welding and painting.

This position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools, or standing for extended periods of time.

This role is full time, 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday with an early finish every Friday, and is based on site at Walsall.

Essential experience of the Electrical Vehicle Technician

• Experience within a similar role (previous experience working with vehicles)
• Ability to work effectively under own initiative, or as part of a team to achieve desired results.
• Effective verbal and written communication
• Ability to work safely in an industrial environment.

Qualifications for the Electrical Vehicle Technician

• NVQ level 2 in a relevant qualification (or proven automotive electrical experience 

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 NVVP1 and 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 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 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.
• 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.

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