Maintenance and Support Engineer

Job Title: Maintenance and Support Engineer

Location: Bordon, Hampshire

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

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 Maintenance & Support Engineer at our Oakhanger site.

The Role

As a Maintenance and Support Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of our mission to deliver world-class engineering solutions in defence and aerospace. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to national security while advancing your career in a dynamic and innovative environment. You’ll be empowered to make a real difference, supported by a team that values your growth and development.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Completing routine and scheduled maintenance in accordance with work orders, maintenance schedules and support documentation.
• React to alarms on anomalies within the SGS, to ensure operational capabilities are maintained.
• Report, diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve system alarms and anomalies.
• Compose comprehensive fault reports and accurately record all details of maintenance activities.
• Follow safe working in line with site Health and Safety and Radiation policies.
• Create and change written authorised procedures and manuals as directed by the Installation and Maintenance Supervisor.

This is a full-time position based on-site at Oakhanger, working 44 hours per week as part of a rotating shift pattern: 2 day shifts followed by 2 night shifts, then 4 days off.

Essential Experience of the Maintenance and Support Engineer

• ComPTIA Network + or relevant experience
• Systems engineering experience within the Network and RF communications fields.
• Proven experience maintaining, and fault diagnosis of equipment used in satellite communications including control and monitoring systems.
• Experience of working to safety procedures.
• Good organisational skills, ability to prioritise workloads, with a sense of autonomy.

Qualifications for the Maintenance and Support Engineer

• HNC or above in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or relevant evidence of experience.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Babcock International is a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please contact us. 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.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.