Job Title: Vehicle Painter
Location: Wareham, Dorset
Compensation: £28, - £29, Dependent on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Bring military vehicles back to life and play a hands‑on role in protecting what 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 Vehicle Painter at Bovington, near Wareham, Dorset.
The role
As a Vehicle Painter, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be a vital part of our Land sector team, supporting the refurbishment and finishing of military vehicles and equipment. Your expertise will ensure every asset meets exacting quality and durability standards, ready for service in demanding environments.
Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:
1. Prepare surfaces by masking, washing, blasting, filling, and sanding ready for coating
2. Use degreasers and approved cleaning agents to remove contaminants and ensure paint quality
3. Apply coatings through spraying, patch painting, and rolling to required specifications
4. Complete work to defined quality, safety, and environmental standards
5. Support vehicle and equipment refurbishment activities within a collaborative workshop team
The role is based onsite at Bovington, working 37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday.
Essential experience of the Vehicle Painter:
6. Experience in spray painting heavy commercial vehicles or similar large assets
Qualifications for the Vehicle Painter:
7. Level 3 qualification in Paint Spraying within the Regulated Qualifications Framework or National Vocational Qualification, or equivalent
8. Full UK Driving Licence
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
Generous holiday allowance
9. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
10. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
11. Employee shopping savings portal
12. Payment of Professional Fees
13. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
14. 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.
15. ‘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
Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer.