Aircraft Ground Handler in Oxford

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Aircraft Ground Handler at our Carterton, Oxfordshire site.

The role

As an Aircraft Ground Handler, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a key role in supporting the safe arrival, turnaround, and departure of the Voyager A330-200 MRTT fleet. Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:

• Deliver safe and efficient aircraft marshalling and ground handling activities.
• Move and position specialist vehicles and equipment to support aircraft operations.
• Carry out first-line vehicle inspections, refuelling, and basic maintenance tasks.
• Conduct aircraft services such as toilet and water replenishment, cleaning, and de‑icing.
• Operate Mobile Elevated Work Platforms and forklifts safely and confidently.

You’ll be working 42.5 hours per week, based onsite at Carterton, Oxfordshire. Shift patterns for this role are 4 x 12‑hour shifts followed by 4 days off.

Essential experience of the Aircraft Ground Handler

• Experience operating and driving a range of vehicles and aircraft ground support equipment.
• Background in conducting first‑line daily checks on equipment and vehicles.
• Experience working with large aircraft or specialist airfield vehicles.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills.

Qualifications for the Aircraft Ground Handler

• Basic driving licence with C1 entitlement.
• Ability to obtain Colour Perception CP2 (safe).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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.

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 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.
• ‘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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 19/02/2026