Job Title: Pilot
Location: Eccles, Greater Manchester
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Fly with purpose. Save lives. Make every mission count.
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Pilot at Barton Aerodrome, near Manchester.
The role
As a Pilot, you’ll play a vital role in delivering mission-critical aviation services that directly support life-saving operations. Operating in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, you will fly in support of the North-West Air Ambulance Charity, helping to protect communities and save lives every day.
This is a unique opportunity to apply your expertise in demanding scenarios, while advancing your career in a highly respected aviation environment.
This role is based at Barton Aerodrome, with a shift pattern of 4 on, 4 off, working 12-hour shifts. You are required to reside within either 25nm or 45mins of the base at Barton.
Day-to-day, you will be:
1. Flying Single pilot helicopter missions in support of air ambulance and emergency medical services
2. Conducting Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) operations across varied environments
3. Maintaining the highest standards of safety, compliance, and operational excellence
4. Conducting night flying and complex operational tasking where required
5. Working collaboratively with crew and emergency response teams to deliver critical services.
Essential experience of the Pilot
6. hours pilot in command of aircraft of which hours is pilot in command on twin turbine helicopters; OR hours as co-pilot in HEMS/Police operations of which hours is as pilot in command under supervision and hours pilot in command of twin turbine helicopters.
7. hours minimum total helicopter experience
8. hours operating experience in twin turbine helicopters in an operational environment similar to the intended operation.
9. 20 hours VFR at night as pilot in command.
Qualifications for the Pilot
10. Hold a valid UK ATPL(H) or CPL(H) + IR
11. Full UK Aviation class 1 medical
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) / 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
12. Generous holiday allowance
13. Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8%, with life assurance
14. Private medical insurance
15. Market leading sick leave policy
16. Loss of license insurance
17. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
18. Employee share scheme
19. Employee shopping savings portal
20. Payment of Professional Fees
21. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
22. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
23. 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
24. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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.
We are a disability confident committed employer.