Vehicle Electrician

Location:Wareham, Bournemouth, GB, BH20 6JD

Onsite or Hybrid: On Site

Job Title: Vehicle Electrician
Location: Bovington, Wareham
Compensation: £30,371 + Overtime + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF59331

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 Electrician at our Bovington site.

The role
As a Vehicle Electrician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll work with a range of military and heavy armoured vehicles using your knowledge and experience to carry out a range of tasks to meet the clients needs.

Day to day, you’ll conduct in depth diagnostics, inspections, and repair for overhaul of vehicle assemblies, electrical and general equipment including diagnostic and inspection duties. Manufacture of miscellaneous items. Carrying out examination tasks to meet production needs subject to necessary training and proficiency.

• Carry out work to the required standard and specification as detailed on the job card in accordance with the customer requirements, current regulations, local instructions, processes and other approved technical publications
• Diagnose, inspect and assess vehicles and associated mechanical / electrical equipment in line with skills & competency
• Ensure all job transactions are accurately recorded and carried out in accordance with current processes and that work completed and time taken to complete the job is submitted daily to the department / section Supervisor
• Completion of vehicle and equipment documentation and test certificates / reports to current standards
• Maintain the requirements of COSHH, Health & Safety and other statutory regulations. Ensure a good standard of housekeeping, cleanliness and safety in the work area is maintained at all times,

This position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

This role is full time, 37 hours, 4 days per week and is based on site at Bovington. Overtime is available.

Essential experience of the Vehicle Electrician:

• Able to take responsibility for unresolved issues or escalations
• Able to develop effective relationships internally at a variety of levels
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to work on own initiative to assist delivery of site objectives & targets in line with internal policy/process & ISO 9001, ISO14001 & OHSAS18001

Qualifications for the Vehicle Electrician:

• Educated to Level 3 in Regulated Qualification Framework (RQF) / National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) as a minimum (Advanced Apprenticeship, Level 3 VRQ/NVQ)
• Holds valid and appropriate 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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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 International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 25/09/24

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