Job Title: Vehicle Technician
Location: Swindon, Wiltshire
Compensation: Up to £34, Depending on Experience + 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 Technician at MOD Lyneham.
The role
As a Vehicle Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. We have exciting opportunities for enthusiastic Vehicle Technicians to join our Equipment Support Department. You'll be involved with conducting servicing, maintenance, fault diagnosis mechanical, electrical and hydraulic repair and modification to a wide range of military vehicles - one day could see you working on a Land Rover, the next on a sophisticated Challenger Two main battle tank. You'll also diagnose and repair training aids, associated plant, tools and machinery and any equipment held at DSEME and considered to be within your skillset and experience.
Day to day, you’ll inspect, service, repair and maintain a wide variety of familiar and unfamiliar vehicle platforms and training aids using modern repair techniques and technical documentation to achieve positive outcomes;
1. Conduct service, repair and maintenance activities as per the manufacturer’s instructions and technical publications
2. Ensure all equipment Joint Asset Management Equipment System (JAMES) Job Cards are completed accurately
3. Conduct all activities to current MOD standards, and compliance with VOSA/D inspection standards
4. Conduct all activities in accordance with current Health and Safety legislation
5. Mentor apprentices or assist the appointed Mentor, as required
The Vehicle Technician role is full-time, 37 hours per week, and based onsite at MOD Lyneham. Successful candidates must be willing and have the ability to attend courses as required, and successfully pass any specific training deemed essential to their role.
Essential experience of the Vehicle Technician:
6. Vehicle Technician experience (post apprenticeship/qualifications)
7. Experience gained in a busy workshop environment
8. Proficient use of computer systems, with a good understanding of Microsoft Word and Excel
9. Demonstrable problem-solving skills, drawing on technical knowledge and previous experience
10. Ability to adapt to changing priorities as necessary, over entire range of supported platforms and equipment
11. Ability to work efficiently and in a timely manner to achieve set targets and specific deadlines
Qualifications for the Vehicle Technician:
12. Recognised qualification in Automotive Engineering with a minimum IMI or C&G Level Three or BTEC/IMI/NVQ equivalent; OR previously served in the Armed Forces as a Vehicle Mechanic/Technician Class One
13. Diagnostic Technician qualification or significant diagnostic experience
14. Valid Category ‘B’ Driving Licence (essential)
15. Valid category ‘C’ or ‘C+E’ and 'H' licenses (desirable, but not essential)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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 (
What we offer
16. Generous holiday allowance
17. Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
18. Employee share scheme
19. Employee shopping savings portal
20. Payment of Professional Fees
21. Reservists in the armed forces receive ten days special paid leave
22. 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
23. '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.