Vehicle Mechanic

Location:

Richmond, North Yorkshire – Compensation:
Up to £32,760 (depending on experience) plus benefits – Role Type:
Full time / Permanent – Role

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.

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.

• 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

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.

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

This is a full‑time, permanent role based onsite  set working 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
• Ability to adapt and build rapport across teams
• Strong teamwork and communication skills

• NVQ Level 3 in Service and Repair or equivalent mechanical qualification

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 -  ().

• 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 – buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave; window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ – one working day of paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work 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.

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.

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 car 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: 12/03/2026

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