Vehicle Fitter

Job Title: Vehicle Fitter
Location: Walsall – onsite
Compensation: Competitive
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF 50595

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 Vehicle Fitter at our Walsall site.

The role

As a Vehicle Fitter, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. We will train you up to be an experienced Fitter, you can expect to learn something new each day; until you become skilled in all aspects of the vehicle fitter role.

Day to day, you’ll be part of a highly skilled team supporting customers including the police, fire, and ambulance service.

• Fit out vehicles in preparation for them being armoured
• Remove and fit seats, panels, roof lining, door cards, interior trim, carpets, switch gear light clusters, bumpers
• Remove and refit automotive parts and components
• Completing minor mechanical tasks; changing brake fluid
• Replacing mechanical components; suspension / brakes

Essential experience of the Vehicle Fitter,

• Experience using hand and power tools
• Effective verbal and written communication.
• Ability to work effectively under own initiative, or as part of a team to achieve desired results
• Ability to work safely in an industrial environment

This role is 40 hours per week Monday to Friday with an early finish every Friday and will be based onsite at Walsall.

Qualifications for the Vehicle Fitter,

• NVQ level 2 (or proven automotive experience preferred)

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 10 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

For the full extensive Benefits package please visit our Careers pages

Babcock International
For over 130 years 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: 27 April 2023

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