Vehicle Mechanic

As a Vehicle Mechanic, you'll play a vital role in supporting the UK's defence capability. You'll be responsible for servicing, repairing, and maintaining a wide range of vehicles and electrical equipment – ensuring they're ready for action when it matters most. This is a hands‑on role where your skills will directly contribute to national security, while offering you the chance to grow your career in a dynamic and supportive environment.

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 Mechanic at Catterick, near Richmond, North Yorkshire.

• Carrying out servicing, repairs, and overhauls to meet production requirements
• Diagnosing, inspecting, and assessing vehicles and associated equipment
• Completing documentation and test certificates to current standards
• Ensuring correct use of stores and returning unused or faulty items
• Creating job cards and requesting materials using ERP (SAP) systems

Successful candidates will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment. The role involves manual work including lifting, bending, using tools, or standing for extended periods.

This is a full‑time, permanent role based onsite king times are Monday to Friday, totalling 37 hours per week.

• Previous experience in a similar mechanical role
• Experience in a dealership or local garage
• Hydraulics experience
• NVQ Level 3 in Service and Repair or equivalent mechanical qualification
• Ability to adapt and build rapport across teams
• Strong teamwork and communication skills

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

• 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 share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading allows Babcock employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This 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
• Growth opportunities
• Potential to develop skills