Job Title: Communications Technician
Location: Wareham, Dorset
Compensation: From £26,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF71665
Keep critical communication systems mission‑ready and make a real impact every day.
At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Communications Technician at Bovington, near Wareham.
The role
As a Communications Technician, you'll be part of a specialist team supporting the ASC contract by inspecting, testing and maintaining essential communication systems used across a range of armoured fighting vehicles. It's a hands‑on, varied and purposeful role that helps ensure our customers' equipment is safe, functional and ready for operational use.
Day-to-day, you'll be:
* Inspecting and testing communication equipment, accurately documenting findings and repair requirements.
* Carrying out Level 1 repairs to a high standard, following authorised procedures.
* Identifying, ordering and preparing spare parts for repair tasks or escalation to Level 2 work.
* Responding to breakdowns during working hours and when rostered for out‑of‑hours support.
* Operating and maintaining vehicles within your licence and qualification limits.
This is a full‑time, permanent, onsite position based at Bovington, Wareham working Monday to Friday, with an early finish on Fridays.
Essential experience of the Communications Technician:
* Physically fit to carry out manual handling tasks.
* Aged 21 or over (vehicle insurance requirement).
Qualifications for the Communications Technician:
Full B‑Class Driving Licence.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK ).
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.
Babcock
We're Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 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.
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 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: 03/03/2026