Vehicle Mechanic
Vacancies: Multiple Positions Available
Location: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Compensation: Up to £32,760 - Dependent on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF59575
Closing date: 30/10/2025
Drive Operational Excellence – Be the Backbone of Military Mobility
About the role
As a Vehicle Mechanic, you’ll be part of a highly skilled team supporting the maintenance and readiness of military and civilian vehicles used by our defence customers. From diagnostics to repairs, your expertise will ensure our fleet operates safely and efficiently making a direct impact on national defence and operational success.
Day-to-day you’ll be:
* Servicing, maintaining, repairing, and modifying military and civilian vehicles
* Diagnosing faults and inspecting mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems
* Carrying out equipment examinations to meet production requirements
* Working to technical specifications and safety standards
* Collaborating with your team to ensure operational readiness
Essential experience
* Previous experience in a similar role
* Proficiency in hydraulics
* Experience working in a dealership or local garage
* Strong team player with adaptability and rapport-building skills
Qualifications
* NVQ Level 3 in Service and Repair or equivalent qualification
Security Clearance
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 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 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 days 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
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.
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