Armaments Specialist
Location: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Compensation: £31,200 - £34,060 dependent on experience + benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF73690
Play a vital role in keeping defence equipment mission ready. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Armaments Specialist at Ashchurch, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.
Role description: As an Armaments Specialist you will support the operational readiness of defence vehicles and equipment. Working within a skilled and collaborative team, you will carry out essential servicing, maintenance, repair and modification activities that ensure critical assets are safe, compliant and ready for use.
The role is based onsite at Ashchurch, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 37 hours per week.
Key responsibilities
* Carrying out servicing, maintenance, repair and modification of defence vehicles and armament systems.
* Inspecting equipment to diagnose faults across mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems.
* Completing equipment examinations to meet production and operational requirements.
* Ensuring all work is delivered safely, to quality standards and in line with compliance procedures.
* Working collaboratively with colleagues to deliver reliable and timely outputs.
Essential experience
* Experience undertaking servicing, maintenance, repair and modification activities.
* Ability to inspect, diagnose faults and repair mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems.
* Experience carrying out equipment examinations to meet production requirements.
Qualifications
* NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent Level 3 qualification in a relevant mechanical discipline.
Security Clearance: The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. Your eligibility 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.
Benefits
* 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 allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This period 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.
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: 02/06/2026
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