Airfield Support Equipment Technician

Babcock International; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Aviva DigiCare+ and Digital GP

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists: 10 days special paid leave

Holiday Trading window February–March

Be Kind Day: paid volunteering leave

Job summary

Babcock International is seeking an Airfield Support Equipment Technician at RAF Waddington, near Lincoln. The role focuses on maintaining and repairing airfield support equipment to keep military aviation operations ready and safe.

You will work hands-on in a high‑profile environment, contributing to operational readiness, safety, and mission success with a team of specialists. A full time, permanent position based in Lincolnshire offering varied, active duties.

Qualifications

• Three years of relevant engineering, maintenance or mechanical experience.
• Experience inspecting, maintaining and repairing technical equipment.
• Ability to follow procedures and work safely in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair Airfield Support Equipment to engineering standards.
• Prepare equipment for deployment and manage post‑deployment servicing.
• Maintain station equipment racks and support gate guardian assets.
• Support operational and exercise commitments on and off station.

Skills

Engineering experience

Maintenance experience

Mechanical experience

Teamwork

Problem solving

Education

Full clean United Kingdom Driving Licence

Job description

Job Title: Airfield Support Equipment Technician

Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Compensation: £30,987.84

Role Type: Full Time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76471

Keep aircraft mission-ready and support world-class aviation operations

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Airfield Support Equipment Technician at RAF Waddington, near Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Working within our Aviation sector, you'll help maintain the specialist equipment that enables safe and effective flying operations, supporting critical defence capability and some of the most recognised aviation teams in the United Kingdom

The role

As an Airfield Support Equipment Technician, you'll be responsible for maintaining, inspecting and repairing a wide range of airfield support equipment used in support of military aviation operations. This is a hands‑on engineering and maintenance role where your expertise will directly contribute to operational readiness, safety and mission success.

Supporting a high‑profile aviation environment, you'll work with specialist equipment, develop your technical skills and become part of a team that plays an essential role in supporting defence operations. Whether preparing equipment for deployment, maintaining critical assets or supporting operational exercises, every day brings variety and purpose.

Day‑to‑day, you'll be required to:

• Maintaining and repairing Airfield Support Equipment in accordance with relevant technical instructions and engineering standards.
• Preparing Airfield Support Equipment for deployment and managing post‑deployment servicing and readiness activities.
• Maintaining station equipment racks to ensure operational availability and compliance.
• Assisting with the maintenance and upkeep of station gate guardian assets.
• Supporting operational and exercise commitments both on and off station as required.

This is a full time, 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based at RAF Waddington.

Essential experience of the Airfield Support Equipment Technician

• A minimum of three years' relevant engineering, maintenance or mechanical experience gained within industry or the Armed Forces.
• Experience carrying out inspection, maintenance and repair activities on technical equipment.
• Ability to work safely in a regulated environment and follow technical procedures.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and attention to detail.
• Experience working effectively as part of a team to meet operational objectives.

Qualifications for the Airfield Support Equipment Technician:

• Full clean United Kingdom Driving Licence.

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: 03/11/2026