Licenced B2 Engineer
Location:
Gloucester, GB, GL51 6SP
Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite
Job Title: Licenced B2 Engineer
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Compensation: £65, £75, Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF66945
Shape the skies with your expertise. Join a team that's engineering a safer world.
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 Licenced B2 Engineer at Staverton site, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
The role
As a Licenced B2 Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be at the heart of our aviation operations, ensuring the safety and reliability of aircraft that support critical missions across defence and emergency services. This is a hands-on role where your technical skills will directly contribute to national resilience and public safety. You'll be part of a dynamic team, working with cutting-edge technology and gaining exposure to a wide range of aircraft systems.
Day-to-day, you'll be:
* Repairing and maintaining aircraft avionic systems
* Performing electrical continuity checks in line with engineering drawings
* Diagnosing and rectifying electrical wiring faults
* Supporting line aircraft avionic system checks, tests and repairs
* Collaborating with engineering teams to ensure compliance and safety
This role is full time, 40 hours per week and is based on site at onsite at Staverton (Gloucestershire Airport).
Essential experience of the Licenced B2 Engineer:
* Ability to read and interpret electrical engineering drawings
* Strong knowledge of electrical loom manufacture and installation standards
* Understanding of avionics system integration
Qualifications for the Licenced B2 Engineer:
* Preferably hold a valid CAA Part 66 B2 Aircraft Maintenance Licence
* Type ratings on EC-135 and H145 aircraft are highly desirable
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain 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 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. 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
* 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 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: 01/10/2025
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