Gas Engineer

Job Title:

Gas Engineer

Location:

Blackwater, Hampshire Compensation:
From 43,403 Dependent on Experience + Benefits Role Type:
Full time / Permanent Role :
SF75764

Keep vital infrastructure running and make a difference every dayAt Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Gas Engineer at Minley, near Blackwater, Hampshire.

The role

As a Gas Engineer, you'll deliver planned, reactive and remedial maintenance across a diverse estate, supporting heating, ventilation, water hygiene, sanitary and drainage systems. This is a hands-on role where no two days are the same, offering the chance to work on a broad range of mechanical systems while contributing to an environment that supports national capability and operational readiness.

Day-to-day you'll be required to:

Carry out planned preventative maintenance, inspections and statutory compliance checks on gas and mechanical systems

Repair, service and fault-find on commercial boilers and associated equipment

Support mechanical asset replacement projects, upgrades and refurbishment activities

Maintain stock levels and inventory for mechanical maintenance activities

Undertake plumbing maintenance and repairs as required across the estate

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

The role is based onsite at Minley, and the set working times are Monday to Thursday, 8:00am to 4:30pm, and Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm, totalling 40 hours per week. An on-call rota will be required after six months in post.

Essential experience of the Gas Engineer:

Proven experience working as a Commercial Gas Engineer Experience servicing, maintaining and repairing commercial gas systems and boilers

Experience delivering planned and reactive maintenance activities

Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills

Ability to work independently and safely within a busy operational environment

Qualifications for the Gas Engineer:

COCN1 or CODNCO1 Core Commercial Natural Gas Safety qualificationCCN1, CENWAT, CPA1, MET1 (Commercial) CODNCO1, ICPN1, TPCP1AFull UK Manual Driving Licence 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 -  ().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 Digi Care+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 29,000 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 car 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 sing date: 06/10/2026