Driver in High Wycombe

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 Driver at our RAF High Wycombe site.

The role

As a Driver you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Carrying out driving duties within the scope of current Road Traffic Legislation, Transport Law and local publications.

Day-to-day you’ll be responsible for:

• Ensure vehicle daily and weekly before, during and after use checks are carried out and recorded.
• Ensure all vehicle documentation is completed as required.
• Ensure vehicle defects are documented and reported to Control staff.
• The refuelling, washing, cleaning and roadworthiness check of fleet vehicles as required.

This role is full time and based onsite at RAF High Wycombe, near Buckinghamshire. You’ll work an average of 40 hours a week on a shift basis, however you’ll need to be flexible as there may be changes to the roster from time to time, to meet customer needs.

Essential experience of the Driver

• Experience of working with similar type vehicles.
• Diplomacy and customer service skills is required within the role; previous examples of similar experience essential.
• Have the ability to effectively work independently and be team focused.
• Demonstrate a capability to deliver excellent customer service.

Qualifications for the Driver

• Driver qualification licence card (Driver CPC).
• Minimum licence CAT D (PCV).
• Digital tachograph card, with sound knowledge of Driver's Hours Regulation in accordance with EU Directive 561/2006.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain 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: 09/02/2026