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Aircraft Inspector

On-site in Belfast·Full-time·Added 4 days ago (last checked 8 Oct)

Overview

Job details

  • £34,912 a year

    Gross, as stated in the ad.

    About £2,390 a month after tax.

  • Full-time

    Per the ad.

  • Apply by Thursday 15 October

    The date the employer’s listing closes.

Requirements

  • Work on-site in Belfast

    No relocation package mentioned.

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Prepare aircraft for daily operations, including "see-in", "see-off", and fuel/oil replenishment
  • Experience in military or civilian Part 145 maintenance environments
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and customer-facing skills
  • Leadership and mentoring experience
  • IT proficiency desirable.

Education & certifications

  • Recognised Aircraft Apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent)
  • Demonstrated practical and theoretical engineering competence
  • Valid UK driving licence.
  • Experience in military or civilian aircraft engineering environments.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Compensation: £34,911.69 + Benefits

  • 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
  • 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.

The role

Job Title: Aircraft Inspector

Help keep critical aviation operations flying safely and efficiently

What you'll do

As an Aircraft Inspector, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will be playing a key part in delivering high-standard aircraft inspections and maintenance, from scheduled servicing to Check A tasks, ensuring operational excellence and exceeding both customer and contractual expectations.

Day-to-day, you'll have the following responsibilities:

  • Conduct scheduled and corrective maintenance on the LAFT aircraft fleet, including aircraft handling
  • Supervise and certify technician staff in line with regulatory standards
  • Perform pre-use checks and scheduled maintenance on ground support equipment, ensuring full documentation compliance
  • Carry out general duties as assigned, including driving, stores support, and housekeeping
  • Accurately complete all maintenance documentation in accordance with legislation and company procedures.

This role is full time working 40 hours per week and is based on site at RAF Aldergrove, Northern Ireland.

How you'll work

Location: County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID

Role ID: SF68639

Hiring process

1 interview

  • If you will work on Ministry of Defence sites you also have to meet MoD security requirements.

About Babcock International

Industry
Engineering
Founded
1891
Employees
30,000–40,000
Headquarters
London, UK

In their own words

About the company & team

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Aircraft Inspector at our RAF Aldergrove, Northern Ireland site.

We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.

Additional information

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).

Closing date: 15/10/2026

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