Job Title: Vehicle Mechanic
Location: Aldergrove, Antrim
Compensation: £28, + Benefits
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 Vehicle Mechanic at our DSG Aldergrove site.
The role
As a Vehicle Mechanic you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. With your skills and experience, you’ll be undertaking the servicing, repair, maintenance and overhaul of vehicles and electrical equipment, including diagnostic and inspection duties. You’ll also be carrying out equipment examination to meet production requirements.
Day to day, you’ll carrying out work to the required standard and specification as detailed in accordance with customer requirements, current regulations, local instructions, process plans and other technical publications.
1. You’ll also ensure stores and equipment issued to job are used for their correct purpose.
2. Diagnose, inspect, and assess vehicles and associated mechanical / electrical equipment in line skills & competency.
3. Ensure stores and equipment issued to job are used for their correct purpose and un-used or new faulty material is returned to the section / department Team Leader as soon as it is identified.
4. Creation of job cards and demanding material where the relevant ERP (SAP) training has been completed.
5. Completion of vehicle and equipment documentation and test certificates / reports to current standards
This position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.
This role is full time and based at our DSG Aldergrove site typically working 37-hours per week.
7:30am - 4:00pm Monday - Thursday and 7:30am - 12:30pm Friday.
Essential experience of the Vehicle Mechanic:
6. Previous experience within similar role is required
7. Hydraulics experience
8. Dealership or Local Garage experience
9. A real team player with the ability to adapt and build rapport
Qualifications for the Vehicle Mechanic:
10. NVQ Level Three Service and Repair
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
What we offer
11. Generous holiday allowance
12. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
13. Employee share scheme
14. Employee shopping savings portal
15. Payment of Professional Fees
16. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most 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.