Mechanical Technician

Overview

Job Title:
Mechanical Technician

Location:
Shropshire, England

Compensation: £32,863 + Benefits

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role

Support Critical RAF Operations with Engineering Skill and Precision

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Mechanical Technician at RAF Cosford, near Wolverhampton, Shropshire.

The role

As a Mechanical Technician, you’ll carry out preventative and corrective maintenance across a wide range of Aircraft Support Equipment (ASE) and Green Fleet vehicles. Your work will directly support operations at RAF Cosford and RAF Shawbury, helping to maintain mission‑critical equipment such as arrester barriers, jacks, GPU units, hydraulic rigs and racking systems.

This role offers hands‑on mechanical engineering work that directly contributes to flight safety, operational readiness and the delivery of engineering excellence across Babcock’s Aviation and Land sectors. It’s an opportunity to build your engineering capability while supporting essential RAF activity.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on mechanical equipment (ASE and Green Fleet vehicles)
• Undertake mechanical component replacements across the ASE fleet
• Support contracted Mechanical Transport and ASE tasks to meet operational requirements
• Maintain equipment such as arrester barriers, trestles, jacks, power units, hydraulic rigs and racking
• Work collaboratively with site teams across RAF Cosford and RAF Shawbury to maintain safe and effective operations.

This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week, delivered on a 9‑day fortnight (Week 1: 5 days, Week 2: 4 days). Working hours are 08:00–17:00 Monday to Friday (45‑minute lunch), with regular expensed travel to RAF Shawbury.

• Heavy Goods or Light Vehicle experience (desirable)
• Strong mechanical engineering knowledge.

NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering or a relevant subject.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. National security and Trade Control restrictions apply; eligibility may be affected by place of birth, citizenship, and residency. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels -  ().

• 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.

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 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 at interview.

Closing date: 13/02/2026

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