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Role ID: SF65647
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 Portable Appliance Tester at our Ashchurch site.
Job Title: Portable Appliance Tester
Location: Tewkesbury, Gloucester
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65647
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 Portable Appliance Tester at our Ashchurch site.
The role
As a Portable Appliance Tester, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is an exciting opportunity to join an established company facilitating critical work.
Day-to-day, you’ll undertake Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) as directed, primarily but not limited to, Data Centres and desktops. Additionally, you will:
* Be prepared to travel on occasion to other locations within the UK, including overnight stays.
* Work outside core hours when required
* Rectify minor faults by carrying out simple repairs at the point of testing, within your capability
* Follow health and safety guidelines, including risk assessments and method statements
* Ensure compliance with company health, safety, and environmental procedures at all times
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, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Ashchurch with travel to various site when required.
Essential Experience Of The Portable Appliance Tester
* Familiarity with, or willingness to attain, the latest edition of the IET Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) for In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment
* Basic IT literacy to operate testing equipment
Qualifications For The Portable Appliance Tester
* City & Guilds 2377-22 certification for In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment, or willingness to attain it
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Enhanced Developed Vetting (eDV) 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 (www.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 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
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.
Closing Date: 18/07/2025
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