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Babcock International
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Overview
Job details
£46,906 a year
Gross, as stated in the ad.
About £3,110 a month after tax.
Full-time
Per the ad.
Apply by Monday 19 October
The date the employer’s listing closes.
Skills
Requirements
Nice to have
- EASA Part 66, B1.2 licence
- Type rating on Grob 115E aircraft and Lycoming 360 engines is desirable.
- B3 licence is advantageous.
Education & certifications
- Specific technical knowledge in aircraft engineering.
- Strong understanding of customer and contract partnerships.
- Supervisory experience in a Civil/Military Aviation environment.
- Ability to demonstrate practical and theoretical standards required.
- Full UK driving licence.
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
Compensation: £46,906.01 + 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
- 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.
The role
Job Title: Licensed Aircraft Engineer
Join our Aviation team and help keep the skies safe - your expertise will make a real difference.
As a Licensed Aircraft Engineer, you'll be at the heart of delivering airworthy and serviceable aircraft to our customer in a fast-paced, operational setting critical to future defence output. This is a role where your technical skills and leadership will directly impact national security and aviation safety, while supporting your own career development in a dynamic environment.
What you'll do
- Carry out aircraft engineering, line and depth maintenance activities to meet contractual requirements.
- Ensure compliance with civilian legislation and company approvals for all maintenance tasks.
- Collaborate with a multi-disciplined team and military colleagues to deliver safe, serviceable aircraft.
- Supervise and guide team members to maintain high standards of safety and delivery.
- Drive operational excellence and uphold Babcock's reputation for quality and reliability.
This role is full time, 40 hours per week and is based on site at Staverton, Gloucestershire Airport.
How you'll work
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Closing date: 29/09/2026
Role ID
Role ID: SF69620
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
- Website
- babcockinternational.com
In their own words
About the company & team
At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Licensed Aircraft Engineer at Staverton on the LAFT Contract at Gloucestershire Airport.
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 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 a sole UK national who is able to achieve Security Check, Counter Terrorist Check and DBS 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)
Location
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