Vehicle Mechanic

Job Title:                     Vehicle Mechanic

Location:                     Telford, Shropshire

Compensation:           Up to £32,760 - Dependent on Experience + Benefits  

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent 

Role ID:                       SF73974

Drive Operational Excellence – Maintain the Vehicles That Keep Defence Moving

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 Donnington, near Telford, Shropshire.

The Role
As a Vehicle Mechanic, you’ll be part of a skilled and dedicated team responsible for maintaining and repairing military vehicles and electrical equipment. Your work will directly support the UK’s defence capability—making this a career with real purpose and impact. From diagnostics to inspections, you’ll ensure our fleet is ready for action while developing your own skills in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Day-to-day you’ll be:
•    Servicing, repairing, and overhauling military vehicles and electrical systems

•    Creating job cards and requesting materials using ERP (SAP) systems

•    Diagnosing, inspecting, and assessing vehicles and associated equipment
•    Ensuring correct use of stores and returning unused or faulty items

•    Completing documentation and test certificates to current standards

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 at Donnington. The set working times are 37 hours per week, based on a 9-day fortnight pattern. A relocation package may be available, subject to eligibility. 

Essential experience of the Vehicle Mechanic:
•    Previous experience in a similar mechanical role
•    Hydraulics experience
•    Experience in a dealership or local garage
•    Strong teamwork and communication skills
•    Ability to adapt and build rapport across teams

Qualifications for the Vehicle Mechanic:
•    NVQ Level 3 in Service and Repair

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


• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance


• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+


• 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to 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

Babcock

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.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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 [email protected] 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: 09/06/2026

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