Aircraft Inspector

Babcock International; Yeovilton; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP and health checks

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists 10 days paid leave

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock International in Yeovilton is seeking an Aircraft Inspector to support line and depth maintenance, scheduled servicing and flight-line operations. You’ll work with Licensed Aircraft Engineers to ensure aircraft availability, safety and regulatory compliance in a high‑performance military aviation setting.

This full-time, onsite role is 4 x 10‑hour shifts. A recognised aircraft apprenticeship/NVQ3 and a Full UK Driving Licence are required.

Qualifications

• Good information technology and documentation skills.
• Experience engaging with customers and stakeholders in an operational environment.
• Experience mentoring or supervising technical personnel.

Responsibilities

• Performing scheduled and corrective maintenance activities across the aircraft fleet.
• Preparing aircraft for daily flying operations, including handling and fueling procedures.
• Completing maintenance documentation accurately in line with regulatory requirements.
• Conducting pre-use checks on ground support equipment and providing technical support.
• Supporting operational requirements and coordinating with other sites as needed.

Skills

Aircraft handling

Documentation skills

IT skills

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Recognised Aircraft Apprenticeship / NVQ Level 3 in Aircraft Engineering

Job description

Job Title: Aircraft Inspector

Location: Yeovil, Somerset.

Compensation: £36,642.70

Role Type: Full Time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76514

Help Keep Military Aviation Mission-Ready and Make a Real Difference

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Aircraft Inspector at RNAS Yeovilton, near Yeovil, Somerset.

As part of our Aviation business, you'll work at the heart of military flying operations, helping to ensure aircraft are maintained to the highest standards of safety, reliability and performance. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career within a world-class engineering environment, supporting critical aviation capability while working alongside highly skilled aviation professionals.

The role

As an Aircraft Inspector, you'll support aircraft engineering activities across line and depth maintenance, scheduled servicing, corrective maintenance and flight-line operations. Working closely with Licensed Aircraft Engineers and technical teams, you'll play a key role in ensuring aircraft availability and operational readiness, directly contributing to the success of defence aviation operations.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Performing scheduled and corrective maintenance activities across the aircraft fleet.
• Preparing aircraft for daily flying operations, including aircraft handling, see-in and see-off procedures, and fuel and oil replenishment.
• Completing maintenance documentation accurately in line with regulatory requirements and company procedures.
• Conducting pre-use checks and scheduled maintenance on ground support equipment.
• Providing technical support to other sites and supporting operational requirements when required.

This is a full time, 40 hours per week, worked over a 4-day week (4 x 10-hour shifts). This role is based onsite.

Essential experience of the Aircraft Inspector

• Experience preparing aircraft for daily flying operations, including flight-line activities and aircraft handling.
• Experience working within a military or civilian Part 145 aircraft maintenance environment.
• Experience engaging with customers and stakeholders in an operational environment.
• Experience supporting, mentoring or supervising technical personnel.
• Good information technology and documentation skills.

Qualifications for the Aircraft Inspector

• Recognised Aircraft Apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3, or equivalent qualification in Aircraft Engineering.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Military or civil aircraft engineering experience with the ability to demonstrate practical and theoretical competence.

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 (www.gov.uk) .

What We Offer

• 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

Babcock

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 [e-mail] 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: 05/11/2026

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