Job Title: Driver
Location: Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Compensation: £12.60 Per Hour
Role Type: Casual / Zero Hours Contract
Role ID: SF
Drive the mission forward
At Babcock, we’re committed to creating a safer, more secure world—and you can be part of that mission as a Driver, supporting our RAF Cranwell and RAF Digby sites, you’ll play a vital role in keeping operations moving. Whether you're transporting personnel or equipment, your work will directly support the RAF’s critical activities.
The role
As a Driver you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll have a key role working within a small but highly effective Transport Services team, where the highest standards will be expected. You'll be responsible for making sure RAF personnel, equipment and vehicles get to the right place, at the right time!
Day-to-day you’ll be responsible for:
1. Loading/unloading and restraint of loads.
2. Driving cars and vans, taking personnel to airports and railheads and driving them to perform domestic tasks
3. Ensure full and complete daily inspections are carried out when tasked or required. Any faults found are to be reported promptly to MT Control personnel using the correct documentation.
4. Complete when required Airfield Sweeping duties in line with the RAF Cranwell Sweeping plan.
This role is full time and based onsite at RAF Cranwell and RAF Digby. You will be travelling across the UK, and you may need to stay overnight with all expenses covered. The role is a casual, zero hour contract allowing you to pick up shifts at your own convenience.
Essential experience of the Driver:
5. Familiar with Vehicle inspections
6. Previous driving experience in Mechanical Transport and Logistics environment
7. Experience with driving hours and Tachographs
8. Reasonable knowledge of UK roads and comfortable driving in other cities.
Qualifications for the Driver:
9. Clean driving Licence Cat B
10. Must be able to pass a colour perception test
11. Cat D and DCPC licence (desirable)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain 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
12. Generous holiday allowance
13. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
14. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
15. Employee share scheme
16. Employee shopping savings portal
17. Payment of Professional Fees
18. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
19. 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.
20. ‘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