Survival Equipment Technician

As a Survival Equipment Technician, you’ll play a critical role in supporting Fast Jet Flying Training operations by ensuring survival and aircrew equipment remains safe, compliant and ready for use. Working as part of the Survival Equipment Team, you will carry out preventative and corrective maintenance activities that directly support operational capability and aircrew safety.

Role . Full time / Permanent.

This is an excellent opportunity to utilise your aviation engineering expertise in a highly specialised environment, where your work will have a direct impact on safety, regulatory compliance and mission success.

• Conducting maintenance, inspection and diagnostic activities on survival and aircrew equipment assemblies.
• Resolving faults, carrying out repairs, modifications, replacements and functional testing of equipment.
• Ensuring all maintenance activities are completed in accordance with approved technical information and work packages.
• Performing critical checks, inspections and configuration management activities to maintain regulatory compliance.
• Supporting tooling, test equipment and procedural compliance within the maintenance facility.

This role is based on site at RAF Valley, Anglesey and is 36 hours per week.

• Experience working on relevant survival equipment or comparable aircraft systems within the last two years.
• Extensive previous experience in a Survival Equipment Technician or similar aviation engineering role.
• Strong analytical and fault‑finding skills gained in previous positions.

• Formal engineering training in RAF Trade Group 13 or equivalent.
• Trade Qualified Authorisations in QSEAC or AVMEDSE.
• Completion of an Engineering Apprenticeship, including City & Guilds 2675, 2661 or equivalent, ideally in Aeronautical Engineering.

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.

• 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.

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 at interview.