Job Title: Survival Equipment Supervisor
Location: St Andrews, Fife
Compensation: £31,.65
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Survival Equipment Supervisor at our Leuchars site.
The role
As a Survival Equipment Supervisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Reporting to the Site Operations Manager (SOM) the Survival Equipment Supervisor (SE Sup) is to lead, supervise and ensure the provision of scheduled maintenance, repair and fitting of RAF and Company owned Safety Equipment and Aircrew Assemblies and all other survival equipment related tasks and activities to meet or exceed the customer and LAFT2 contractual requirements.
Day-to-day, you’ll actively support and promote a culture of Near Miss and Error Reporting. Ensuring that all accidents and incidents are reported. Assisting in subsequent investigations, as well as:
1. Actively support and promote Environmental, Quality, Security and Health and Safety standards as defined by both the customer and Babcock Policy.
2. Ensure all maintenance activities are carried out in accordance with the appropriate standards, practices, technical publications, and procedures by competent and authorised staff.
This role is full time and based onsite at Leuchars Station.
Essential experience of the Survival Equipment Supervisor:
3. Formal Engineering Training in RAF Trade Group 13 or other Service / Industry equivalent.
4. Experience in industry or the Armed Forces on full time Supervision of SE & AEA.
5. Previous experience in SE & AEA.
6. Knowledge or awareness of Military Engineering Publications, Documents and Procedures.
Qualifications for the Survival Equipment Supervisor:
7. RAF Safety Equipment Course or civilian equivalent.
8. Trade Qualification Annotations in the following: Q-SE-AC (Helmet Fitting) or AV-MED-SE.
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
What we offer
9. Generous holiday allowance
10. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
11. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
12. Employee share scheme
13. Employee shopping savings portal
14. Payment of Professional Fees
15. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
16. 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
17. ‘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