Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor

Nuclearinst; Holyhead; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension with life

Digital GP and Aviva DigiCare+

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists in the armed forces receive

Holiday Trading

'Be Kind Day' volunteering leave

Job summary

Babcock is seeking an Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor at RAF Valley, Anglesey. You will lead maintenance activities, provide technical expertise, and ensure safe, efficient work aligned with airworthiness requirements.

The role is based on-site at RAF Valley, 36 hours per week with an early shift pattern (Mon-Thu 06:00–13:45; Fri 06:00–13:15). You’ll support flight programs, supervise teams, and uphold safety standards.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising aircraft maintenance in military or civilian aviation.
• Strong fault-finding across aircraft systems and components.
• Ability to interpret approved technical documentation and work to airworthiness standards.

Responsibilities

• Supervising maintenance, fault rectification and diagnostics to support operational flying.
• Analyse aircraft system performance, identify faults and implement solutions.
• Ensure maintenance is completed safely and in line with documentation.
• Maintain team competence, provide technical guidance and escalate issues as needed.
• Support compliance activities including tooling, test equipment and procedures.

Skills

Supervising aircraft maintenance

Fault finding

Diag/technical analysis

Technical documentation literacy

Education

Engineering Apprenticeship / Aeronautical Engineering

NVQ Level 3 in aeronautical discipline

Job description

Job Title: Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor

Location: Isle of Anglesey, Wales

Compensation: £43,483.70 + £11,000 Shift Allowance + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75212

Take the lead in maintaining aircraft that support the next generation of military aircrew

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 Maintenance Supervisor at RAF Valley, Anglesey.

The role

As an Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor, you'll be a key member of our aviation team, leading and supervising aircraft maintenance activities in a fast-paced operational environment. You'll provide technical expertise, oversee maintenance delivery, and ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and in line with airworthiness requirements.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced aviation professional to take on a position of authority within the organisation. You'll be responsible for supporting operational flying programmes, supervising maintenance teams, diagnosing complex aircraft faults, and ensuring the highest standards of flight safety and aircraft availability.

Day-to-day, you will be:

• Supervising aircraft maintenance, fault rectification and diagnostic activities to support operational flying requirements.
• Analysing aircraft system and component performance, identifying faults and implementing effective solutions.
• Ensuring maintenance activities are completed safely, efficiently and in accordance with approved technical documentation.
• Maintaining team competence, providing technical guidance and escalating issues where required.
• Supporting compliance activities including tooling, test equipment and maintenance organisation procedures.

This role is based on site at RAF Valley working 36 hours per week, operating an early shift pattern. Monday to Thursday 06:00 to 13:45 and Friday 06:00 to 13:15.

Essential experience of the Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor:

• Experience supervising aircraft maintenance activities within a military or civilian aviation environment.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic experience across aircraft systems and components.
• Ability to work from and interpret approved technical documentation.
• Experience operating within a regulated aviation maintenance environment.
• Proven commitment to airworthiness, flight safety and engineering excellence.

Qualifications for the Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor:

• Completion of an Engineering Apprenticeship, ideally in Aeronautical Engineering, or a recognised military equivalent.
• City & Guilds 2675 Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance, NVQ Level 3 in an aeronautical discipline, or equivalent qualification.
• Aircraft platform training.
• Quality and Air Safety Management Systems training.
• Hawk or fast jet aircraft experience would be advantageous.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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 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 [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: 31/08/2026

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