Vehicle mechanic

Job Title: Vehicle Mechanic

Location: Hull, East Riding

Compensation: Up to £32,760 - Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF71790

Keep Defence Moving – Maintain the Machines That Matter

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 Mechanic at Leconfield, near Hull, East Riding.

The role

As a Vehicle Mechanic, you’ll be part of a skilled team maintaining and repairing military vehicles and electrical equipment. Your work will directly support the UK’s defence capability—making this a career with real purpose and impact. From diagnostics to inspections, you’ll ensure our fleet is ready for action while developing your own skills in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Day-to-day you’ll be:

• Servicing, repairing, and overhauling military vehicles and electrical systems
• Diagnosing, inspecting, and assessing vehicles and associated equipment
• Ensuring correct use of stores and returning unused or faulty items
• Creating job cards and requesting materials using ERP (SAP) systems
• Completing documentation and test certificates to current standards

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.

Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

This is a full-time, permanent role based onsite at Leconfield. The set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 37 hours per week, with flexible working hours available.

Essential experience of the Vehicle Mechanic:

• Previous experience in a similar mechanical role
• Hydraulics experience
• Experience in a dealership or local garage
• Ability to adapt and build rapport across teams
• Strong teamwork and communication skills

Qualifications for the Vehicle Mechanic:

• NVQ Level 3 in Service and Repair

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 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 day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Disability and Reasonable Adjustments

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 are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.