Survival Equipment Supervisor

Job Title

Survival Equipment Supervisor

Location

Compensation

£33,400.29 + Benefits

Role Type

Full time / Permanent

Role ID

SF74587

Lead the team that keeps aircrew safe and mission-ready

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Survival Equipment Supervisor supporting aviation operations.

The role

As a Survival Equipment Supervisor, you will lead a specialist team responsible for the safe, compliant, and effective maintenance of survival and aircrew equipment. Your leadership will directly impact safety performance, regulatory compliance, and overall operational effectiveness.

This is an exciting opportunity to step into a leadership role where you'll guide a high-performing team, drive quality standards, and ensure critical equipment is always ready for use in demanding environments.

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Leading and supervising a team delivering survival and aircrew equipment maintenance
• Ensuring all activities meet regulatory, safety, and quality standards
• Overseeing inspection, testing, and certification of equipment
• Driving team performance, compliance, and continuous improvement
• Coordinating work to ensure outputs are delivered safely and on time.

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.

This role is full-time, 40 hours per week, based on site at MOD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire.

Essential experience

• Proven experience in survival or life support equipment maintenance
• Experience leading or supervising within a technical or engineering environment
• Strong problem-solving and analytical capability
• High level of personal responsibility, flexibility, and accountability
• Knowledge of military engineering standards, procedures, or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Formal engineering training (RAF Trade Group 13 or equivalent)
• Trade authorisations such as QSEAC or AVMEDSE
• Additional technical qualifications in aircrew equipment or specialist systems (desirable)

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) 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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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 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.

Cultural Commitment

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 are 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.