Vehicle Mechanic

Location: Hull, GB, HU17 7LX

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Compensation: £27,500 - £31,500 Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF60112

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 Vehicle Electrician at our Leconfield site.

The role:

• As a Vehicle Electrician, you’ll be undertaking the servicing, repair, maintenance and overhaul of vehicles and electrical equipment, including diagnostic and inspection duties.
• You’ll also be carrying out equipment examination to meet production requirements.
• Day to day, you’ll carry out the inspection, servicing, repair and overhaul of vehicles, assemblies, electrical and general equipment including diagnostic duties, manufacture miscellaneous items and carry out examination tasks to meet production needs.
• Carry out work to the required standard and specification as detailed on the job card in accordance with the customer requirements, current regulations, local instructions, processes and other approved technical publications.
• Diagnose, inspect and assess vehicles and associated mechanical or electrical equipment in line with skills and competency.
• Ensure all job transactions are accurately recorded and carried out in accordance with current ERP processes and that work completed and time taken to complete the job is submitted daily to the department or section Supervisor.
• Completion of vehicle and equipment documentation and test certificates or reports to current standards.
• Ensure stores and equipment issued to job are used for their correct purpose and un-used or new faulty material is returned to the section or department Supervisor as soon as it is identified.

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 position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time. This role is full time 37-hours per week and will be based at our Leconfield site.

Essential experience of the Vehicle Electrician:

• Previous experience within similar role.
• Dealership / Local Garage experience.
• A real team player with the ability to adapt and build rapport.

Qualifications for the Vehicle Electrician:

• Must have completed recognised Military or Civilian training in the relevant trade discipline or a recognised accredited Apprenticeship in relevant discipline.
• Attained at least one of the following minimum academic qualifications: City and Guilds Level 1, 2 & 3 (in the relevant trade discipline), ONC (in the relevant trade discipline), NVQ Level 3 (in the relevant trade discipline).

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:

• 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 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 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 has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world for over a century. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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.