Mechanical technician

Job Title

Mechanical Technician

Location

Holyhead, GB, LL65 3NY

Isle of Anglesey, Wales

Onsite or Hybrid

OnSite

Compensation

Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type

Full time / Permanent

Role ID

SF72169

Overview

Play a Key Role in Keeping Aircraft 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 a Mechanical Technician at RAF Valley, near Holyhead, Anglesey.

The role

As a Mechanical Technician, you’ll be an experienced and skilled member of our maintenance team, undertaking detailed mechanical activities across aircraft and components. Your work ensures aircraft are maintained, rectified and prepared to meet their daily operational tasks — directly supporting fast‑jet training and contributing to aviation safety.

You’ll maintain and develop your technical competence, work to approved data and maintenance instructions, and support a busy operational environment where flexibility, teamwork and attention to detail are essential.

Responsibilities

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Complete mechanical maintenance and diagnostic activities on aircraft and components, including scheduled servicing, system tests, repairs and rectifications.
• Analyse and diagnose mechanical faults, applying your technical knowledge to identify solutions and support safe, effective repairs.
• Review operational performance of aircraft components and help implement improvements to procedures and maintenance practices.
• Maintain your personal competencies in line with the Maintenance Organisation Exposition (MOE) and operate strictly to approved technical information.
• Support compliance activities across the maintenance facility, including tooling control, documentation checks and other mandated processes.

This is a permanent, full‑time, onsite position at RAF Valley, working 37.5 hours per week plus shifts, with an additional shift allowance.

Essential experience

• Completion of an engineering apprenticeship (ideally aeronautical).
• Minimum of City & Guilds 2675 Aeronautical Engineering & Maintenance or NVQ Level 3 Aeronautical discipline.
• Experience gained in a similar aircraft maintenance environment.
• Ability to work to approved data, maintenance instructions and safety‑critical procedures.

Qualifications

• Aeronautical Engineering apprenticeship or military equivalent.
• Airframe and Propulsion trade training.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain 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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portalPayment 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.

Additional information

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.