Driver

Babcock International; Camberley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Driver to support military operations at their training site. This part-time role involves driving various vehicles and ensuring their roadworthiness while providing essential transport services for personnel and equipment. The ideal candidate will have practical experience in vehicle maintenance and a solid understanding of driving regulations. Join a company that values safety, security, and community, offering generous benefits and development opportunities in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Must hold a full driving licence with minimum Category C or D.
• Practical experience in maintaining vehicle roadworthiness is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide transport services, driving military and civilian vehicles.
• Perform maintenance checks and administrative tasks as required.

Skills

Practical experience maintaining roadworthiness of vehicles

Understanding of driver’s hours regulations

Experienced in load restraint and load safety

Off-road driving experience

Education

Full Driving licence with minimum Category C or D

Full Driving licence categories C+E & D (desirable)

Dangerous Goods (ADR) / Driver Card (desirable)

Job description

Job Title: Driver
Location: Camberley, Surrey
Compensation: Up to £28,973 Pro Rata depending on licences held
Role Type: Part Time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63152

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Driver at our Royal School of Military Engineering (RSME) Minley site.

The role
As a Driver, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be supporting the Royal Engineer troops operating on site and in the field on training and on tactical operations.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for providing a transport service which includes driving a variety of military and civilian vehicles, on and off road, as well as:

• Drive eligible personnel and/or equipment to and from the appropriate training exercise or other entitled military duty and ensure their safe carriage.
• Drive any one of the multi-disciplined vehicles including the PSV & LGV fleet.
• Complete Before, During and After Use Checks.
• Perform Level 1 maintenance tasks.
• Complete department administrative tasks, when required.

This position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

This role is part time, 15 hours per week and is based at Gibraltar Barracks, Royal School of Mechanical Engineering (RSME), Minley.

Essential experience of the Driver:

• Practical experience maintaining roadworthiness of vehicles.
• In depth understanding of driver’s hours regulations, either; as per JSP800 Vol 5 or EU regulations.
• Experienced in load restraint and load safety.
• Experienced in off-road driving.

Qualifications for the Driver:

• Hold Full Driving licence with minimum Category C or D.
• Hold Full Driving licence categories C+E & D is desirable.
• Hold Dangerous Goods (ADR) / Driver Card is desirable.

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.

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 share scheme.
• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• ‘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.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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: 02/04/2025