Facilities Management Technician

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Location:

Gloucester, GB, GL20 8LZ

Onsite or Hybrid:
On Site

Location:
Ashchurch, Tewkesbury

Compensation:
Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role

Help Keep Critical Infrastructure Running Safely and Efficiently

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Facilities Management Technician at Ashchurch, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

As a Facilities Management Technician, you'll play a key role in ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of facilities that support important defence and security programmes. Working within our Facilities Management team, you'll help maintain buildings, infrastructure, and essential systems that enable our people to deliver critical work every day.

This is an exciting opportunity to bring your technical maintenance expertise to a purpose-driven organisation where your work has a visible impact. You'll contribute to building safety, operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and the overall workplace experience, while developing your skills within a leading defence, aerospace, and engineering business.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Deliver Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), carrying out scheduled inspections, servicing, and maintenance tasks across building fabric, mechanical, electrical, and safety systems to ensure reliability and minimise downtime
• Respond to reactive maintenance issues, diagnosing faults promptly and complete repairs efficiently to maintain safe, fully operational facilities, escalating complex issues where necessary.
• Support statutory compliance, assisting with the completion of statutory inspections, testing, and servicing (e.g., fire safety systems, water hygiene, electrical checks) and ensure accurate logs and documentation are maintained.
• First-line repairs and minor works, undertaking minor repairs, adjustments, and small improvement and project works to maintain high standards of building condition and functionality.
• Contractor coordination, supporting the supervision and coordination of external contractors on-site, providing escort and ensuring work is completed safely, to specification, and in line with agreed procedures.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site king times are between 8:00am and 4:30pm, with flexibility available.

• Proven experience in facilities or building maintenance.
• Strong understanding of health and safety legislation (e.g., COSHH, LOLER, PUWER).
• Ability to diagnose and resolve technical issues across multiple systems.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• IT literacy for using maintenance management systems (e.g., CAFM).

• NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Building Services, Electrical, Mechanical, or equivalent experience.
• Certifications such as PAT Testing, Working at Height, or First Aid (desirable).

The successful candidate must be able to achieve Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role. Must be Sole UK National.

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 -  () .

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• 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…