Role ID: SF73192
Job Title: Senior Mechanical Supervisor
Location: Isle of Anglesey, Wales
Compensation: £37,271.74 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Mechanical Supervisor at RAF Valley, providing hands‑on leadership and technical authority within a highly regulated aviation maintenance environment.
The role
As a Senior Mechanical Supervisor, you will lead and supervise mechanical activity on aircraft and aircraft components, ensuring all maintenance is completed safely, compliantly and to approved technical standards. You’ll take responsibility for task delegation, supervision, fault diagnosis and delivery performance, while providing leadership and development support to your team.
This is a key position of authority within the unit, with responsibility for signing off work and supervising maintenance activities within defined trade boundaries.
* Leading and supervising mechanical maintenance activities on aircraft and aircraft components.
* Delegating tasks, authorising work and ensuring airworthiness standards are maintained.
* Carrying out and overseeing fault diagnosis, repairs, inspections and component changes.
* Monitoring progress against delivery targets and escalating issues where required.
* Providing technical guidance, leadership and people management to the mechanical team.
* Ensuring all work is completed in accordance with approved technical information, safety requirements and regulatory procedures.
This is a full‑time, permanent, onsite role, working a 36‑hour early shift pattern.
Essential experience
* Demonstrated capability supervising mechanical maintenance within an aviation environment.
* Strong technical competence in aircraft maintenance and fault diagnosis.
* Proven ability to lead, guide and supervise a team within a regulated maintenance setting.
* Sound understanding of aviation safety standards, approved maintenance procedures and quality requirements.
* Evidence of currency and recency through a maintained logbook.
Qualifications
* Completion of an engineering apprenticeship, ideally in aeronautical engineering or a military equivalent.
* Recognised qualification such as City & Guilds 2675 or 2661 in Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance, or equivalent.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.
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 allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. (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.
Closing date: 04/05/2026
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