Driver - Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Job Title: Driver - Armoured Fighting Vehicles
Location: Bovington
Compensation: £23,805.60
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF51316

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 Driver at our Bovington site.

The role

As a Driver, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be supporting a small, dedicated team, working directly with the Gunnery School and the Defence Support Group at the Armour Centre on the Bovington site.

Day to day, you’ll be providing maintenance and driving support on Main Battle Tanks, Warrior Infantry and Reconnaissance Fighting vehicles, as well as some Wheeled AFVs (Armoured Fighting Vehicles).

• Safely drive and control vehicles
• Operate AFV Special to Role (STR) Systems
• Carry out non-specific preparatory work on vehicles
• Carry out Level 1 maintenance and repair tasks as specified in publications for vehicle type. Work to be carried out in accordance with authorised procedures and to be completed to the highest possible standard
• Assist in collecting usage information and in carrying out regular checks of stores and equipment as requested

This is a full-time role based on site at our Bovington site.

Qualifications for the Driver:

• Must have a full UK driving licence

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance level for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive ten 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 International have 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.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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: 12/07/23