Job Title: Installation Technician
Location: Ashchurch, Gloucestershire
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Build, install and deliver systems that support national capability
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Installation Technician at Ashchurch, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.
The role
As an Installation Technician, you’ll be hands-on at the forefront of delivering critical engineering and technology solutions across defence and aerospace programmes. Working within our Mission Systems business, you’ll install, configure, and commission a range of electrical, mechanical and system-based equipment that supports vital national infrastructure projects.
This is a varied and dynamic role where no two days are the same. You’ll work across different environments in the United Kingdom and overseas, developing your technical skills while contributing to meaningful, real-world outcomes. It’s an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys practical problem-solving, values teamwork, and is motivated to grow their career in engineering and defence.
Day-to-day, you’ll be:
1. Installing, testing and commissioning electrical, mechanical and integrated systems to meet project requirements
2. Supporting system integration activities across a variety of engineering environments
3. Following health and safety procedures to ensure safe delivery of installation work
4. Collaborating with project teams and stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes
5. Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues during installation and commissioning phases
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at Ashchurch, Gloucestershire.
Essential experience of the Installation Technician
6. Demonstrate an adequate knowledge of and compliance with the Health and Safety policy and regulations consistent with their responsibilities.
7. A good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, SharePoint and Excel.
8. Ability to communicate and build strong working relationships with on the job learning and formal training.
Qualifications for the Installation Technician
9. Have 18th edition BS qualification or working towards this.
10. City & Guilds level 3 certificate of inspection and testing of electrical installations.
11. Time served electrical apprenticeship.
12. Must possess a full UK Driving Licence.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role. Must be Sole UK National.
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 Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, 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.
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