Job Title: Aicraft Support Equipment Team Leader
Location: Holyhead, Anglesey
Compensation: £42,.23 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Lead with Purpose. Power the Mission
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 Aircraft Support Equipment Team Leader at our Valley site, near Holyhead, Anglesey.
The role
As a Aircraft Support Equipment Team Leader, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of our mission-critical operations, leading a team responsible for the maintenance and readiness of Aircraft Support Equipment (ASE). This is your opportunity to make a real impact— ensuring the safety, efficiency and performance of vital defence assets. You’ll be empowered to lead, develop and inspire a team of skilled professionals, while growing your own leadership capabilities in a dynamic and rewarding environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
1. Lead and coordinate the ASE department, ensuring safe and compliant maintenance operations
2. Assign resources effectively to meet scheduled and emergent maintenance demands
3. Empower shift leaders to manage output, fault reporting, and demand planning
4. Maintain clear communication with support bay management on priorities and regulatory updates
5. Oversee leave planning and ensure accurate updates to leave management systems
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.
This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at Valley.
Essential experience of the Aircraft Support Equipment Team Leader:
6. Extensive mechanical or electrical plant maintenance experience in an industrial or military setting
7. Substantial experience leading maintenance teams
8. Strong understanding of regulatory compliance and safety standards
9. Proven ability to manage resources and drive team performance
10. Experience working in a high-tempo, operational environment
Qualifications for the Aircraft Support Equipment Team Leader:
11. Minimum Level 3 qualification in an Engineering discipline (City & Guilds, NVQ, or BTEC)
12. Leadership and management training (e.g. TMT, NVQ/BTEC Level 3/4 or equivalent)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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. Further details are available at .
What we offer
13. Generous holiday allowance
14. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
15. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
16. Employee share scheme
17. Employee shopping savings portal
18. Payment of Professional Fees
19. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
20. 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.
21. ‘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
22. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.