Job Title: Royal Engineer Equipment Specialist
Location: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Compensation: £26,820 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF73067
Keep vital military engineering equipment ready when it matters most
At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Royal Engineer Equipment Specialist at Ashchurch, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.
The role
As a Royal Engineer Equipment, you'll have a role that is out of the ordinary. This is a hands‑on, high impact role suited to someone who takes pride in quality, safety, and operational readiness. Your work will directly support inspections, certification, and military readiness, ensuring equipment performs reliably in demanding environments.
Day to day you'll be required to:
* You will maintain, inspect, and prepare Royal Engineer Bridging equipment to meet operational and certification standards
* You will operate material handling equipment across multiple equipment variants
* You will support inspections, certification activity, and engineering assurance requirements
* You will carry out repairs using hand tools, powered tools, and bench mounted equipment
* You will ensure full asset accountability while maintaining strict health and safety standards
Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.
The role is based onsite at Ashchurch, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 37 hours per week.
Essential experience of the Royal Engineer Equipment Specialist:
* Experience operating material handling or manual handling equipment
* Experience working in practical, hands‑on environments
* Confidence working independently and taking ownership of tasks
* Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions
* Strong awareness of health and safety responsibilities
Qualifications for the Royal Engineer Equipment Specialist:
We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
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 (www.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 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 days 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 are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date
29/04/2026
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