Fleet Maintenance Manager in Holyhead

Location: Isle of Anglesey, Wales

Compensation: £36,000 - £40,000 Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Lead critical fleet operations that keep defence moving. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Fleet Maintenance Manager at RAF Valley, near Holyhead, Anglesey.

The role:

As a Fleet Maintenance Manager, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring the operational readiness and safety of a specialist vehicle fleet supporting defence operations. Leading a skilled team of technicians, you’ll oversee maintenance delivery, drive compliance, and ensure assets are available when they’re needed most. This is an exciting opportunity to combine hands‑on engineering leadership with operational management in a highly regulated and purpose‑driven environment, where your work directly contributes to national security.

Day‑to‑day, you will be:

• Leading and managing a team of technicians to deliver servicing, repairs, and preventative maintenance
• Planning and coordinating all fleet maintenance activities to maximise vehicle availability
• Overseeing diagnostics, fault identification, and repair decision‑making
• Managing workshop assets, tooling, and spare parts inventory
• Ensuring compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards

This is a full‑time role working 39 hours per week, based on site at RAF Valley.

Essential experience:

• Experience working within or alongside a military or highly regulated workshop environment
• Strong knowledge of HGV maintenance operations and fleet management systems
• Understanding of ADR regulations and specialist vehicles such as fuel bowsers
• Experience producing and implementing risk assessments and COSHH documentation
• Proven experience in procurement, supply chain processes, or local purchasing

Qualifications:

• NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in a Mechanical or Electrical discipline
• Valid UK HGV driving licence (Category C or C+E)

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (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 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: 02/07/2026