Vehicle Paint Technician – Military Vehicle Refurbishment (Dorset)

Bring military vehicles back to life and play a hands-on role in protecting what matters most. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Vehicle Painter at Bovington, near Wareham, Dorset.

The role:

• As a Vehicle Paint Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary.
• You will be a vital part of our Land sector team, supporting the refurbishment and finishing of military vehicles and equipment.
• Your expertise will ensure every asset meets exacting quality and durability standards, ready for service in demanding environments.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Prepare surfaces by masking, washing, blasting, filling, and sanding ready for coating.
• Use degreasers and approved cleaning agents to remove contaminants and ensure paint quality.
• Apply coatings through spraying, patch painting, and rolling to required specifications.
• Complete work to defined quality, safety, and environmental standards.
• Support vehicle and equipment refurbishment activities within a collaborative workshop team.

The role is based onsite at Bovington, working 37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday.

Essential experience of the Vehicle Paint Technician:

• Experience in spray painting heavy commercial vehicles or similar large assets.
• Level 3 qualification in Paint Spraying within the Regulated Qualifications Framework or National Vocational Qualification, or equivalent.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• The successful candidate must be 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 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.