Maintenance Technician

Compensation: £31,126 - £31,709 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Location: Avonmouth, Bristol

Play a key role in maintaining live fire‑training environments. At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us you can play your part as a Maintenance Technician at Severn Park Fire & Rescue, near Avonmouth, supporting frontline emergency‑services training.

As a Maintenance Technician you’ll join a highly skilled, hands‑on technical team responsible for maintaining, repairing and preparing specialist fire‑training buildings, rigs, breathing apparatus equipment and operational training environments. This work ensures crews can train safely and effectively, 365 days a year. It’s a uniquely practical and varied role where no two days look the same—you work directly to support public‑safety training.

Day‑to‑day responsibilities include:

• Carry out hands‑on maintenance, repairs and decorating to keep training buildings and facilities safe, clean and operational.
• Prepare, maintain and inspect fire‑training equipment, breathing apparatus, rigs and training areas to ensure operational readiness.
• Complete routine checks, planned maintenance tasks, defect logging and updates through the planned maintenance system.
• Maintain safety and compliance by working to SOPs, HS&E standards, risk assessments and ISO documentation requirements.
• Support wider site operations including vehicle movements (LGV/forklift), stock management and maintaining tidy, functional facilities.

This is a full‑time onsite role, working 37 hours per week on a 4‑day on / 4‑day off rota across an 8‑day period, including weekends, from 07:00 to 17:30.

• Practical maintenance experience, including repairs, equipment care, decorating and facility upkeep.
• Understanding of Health, Safety & Environmental safe systems of work, including SOPs and compliance processes.
• Ability to work in a physically active environment, carrying out manual tasks safely.
• IT literacy, including use of maintenance systems and Microsoft Office for reporting.
• Experience handling or maintaining specialist or safety‑critical equipment (e.g., BA equipment) is desirable.

We value difference and don’t have a fixed background or education requirement. If you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn, we would like to hear from you.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Many positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions, which may affect eligibility based on place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels -

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• 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 sell up to one working week of annual leave from their entitlement (Window opens February through March annually).
• ‘Be Kind Day’ allows employees to take one paid day of leave per year to volunteer with a chosen organisation or registered charity.

We’re Babcock, a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Your work will contribute to essential products and services for national security and public infrastructure, from initial design to final decommissioning. We offer meaningful careers that respect work‑life balance.

We are a disability‑confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email car with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We also are happy to discuss flexible working during interview.

Closing date: 03/03/2026

Apply now and see how far we can go, together.