Job Title: Trainee Technician - Survival Equipment
Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Compensation: £26,208 with incremental increases throughout training + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF67943
Start your career in defence and aerospace with purpose and pride
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Trainee Technician - Survival Equipment at RAF Shawbury, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
The role
As a Trainee Technician - Survival Equipment, you’ll be part of a highly specialised team responsible for maintaining and repairing essential aircrew survival gear. This hands-on role offers structured training and the chance to work on critical equipment such as flying helmets, night vision devices, life preservers, and fire-retardant clothing. You’ll be directly contributing to the safety of military personnel and building a meaningful career in defence and aerospace.
Day-to-day you’ll be:
* Maintaining, modifying and repairing survival equipment to Military Aviation Authority standards
* Diagnosing faults and ensuring equipment is safe and operational
* Working with aircrew protective gear including helmets, harnesses, and life jackets
* Collaborating with a close-knit team across two shifts
* Learning and applying new technical skills through structured training
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.
This role is full time, 40 hours per week (08:00 – 17:00) and is based on site at RAF Shawbury.
Essential experience of the Trainee Technician - Survival Equipment
* Excellent planning, organisational and communication skills
* Strong customer focus and attention to detail
* Flexible, responsible and eager to learn
* Analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities
* Comfortable in a hands-on, technical environment
Qualifications for the Trainee Technician - Survival Equipment
* Minimum GCSE grade C/4 in English Language and Mathematics
* Eyesight that can be corrected to 6/6 standard
* Enthusiasm for engineering and methodical working approach
* Attention to detail and a willingness to learn through structured training
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 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: 29/10/2025
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