Vehicle Mechanic in Rowhedge - Babcock

Job Title: Vehicle Mechanic
Location: Colchester, Essex
Compensation: £28,924 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF53540
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 Mechanic at our Colchester site.
The role
As a Vehicle Mechanic, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. With your skills and experience, you'll be undertaking the servicing, repair, maintenance and overhaul of vehicles and electrical equipment, including diagnostic and inspection duties. You'll also be carrying out equipment examination to meet production requirements.
Day to day, you'll be carrying out work to the required standard and specification as detailed in accordance with customer requirements, current regulations, local instructions, process plans and other technical publications. You'll also ensure stores and equipment issued to job are used for their correct purpose.
Carry out work to the required standard and specification as detailed in accordance with EMERs and AESP's, customer requirements, current regulations, local instructions, process plans and other technical publications
Undertake diagnostic and inspection duties on equipment
Ensure that timecards are filled out correctly daily
Completion equipment documentation and test certificates / reports
Ensure stores and equipment issued to job are used for their correct purpose
This position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Colchester.
Essential experience of the Vehicle Mechanic:
Previous experience within similar role
Hydraulics experience
Qualifications for the Vehicle Mechanic:
Qualified vehicle mechanic NVQ 3 or City and Guilds equivalent
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.
What we offer
Generous holiday allowance
Contributory 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
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has 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.
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 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: 10/05/24

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