Driver

Babcock International; Guildford, Camberley; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension with life

Aviva DigiCare+ (Digital GP)

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists 10 days special paid leave

Holiday Trading (buy/sell leave)

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock International, at the Minley site in Hampshire, is seeking a Transport Driver to support the Royal School of Military Engineering contract. The role involves transporting personnel and equipment, maintaining vehicle safety, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

On-site, with a 37-hour week, overtime may be available, and some travel outside site is possible. The successful candidate will hold a Category C driving licence (C+E and D beneficial), Driver CPC, tachograph card, and have

Qualifications

• Full UK Driving Licence with Category C; higher categories C+E & D improve pay.
• Driver CPC and Tachograph card required.
• Experience with load restraint and load safety.
• Experience maintaining vehicle roadworthiness and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Drive personnel and equipment to training exercises and duties.
• Assist with admin tasks and deliveries across site.
• Travel up to 1.5 hours from site; perform manual tasks and use tools.
• Operate PSV and LGV vehicles and complete vehicle checks.

Skills

Full UK Driving Licence

Driver CPC

Tachograph card

Load restraint

Roadworthy checks

JSP800 Vol 5 / EU regs

Tools

PSV fleet

LGV fleet

Job description

Job Title: Driver

Location: Minley, Hampshire

Compensation: £27,741.70 - £30,797.61 depending on licences held + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69638

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 Transport Driver at our Minley site.

The role

As a Driver, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be responsible for providing essential transport services that support the Royal School of Military Engineering (RSME) contract. From moving personnel and equipment to ensuring vehicle safety and compliance, your role will be vital in keeping operations running smoothly and efficiently.

This is a hands-on position where your skills will directly contribute to national defence training. You'll work with a variety of military and civilian vehicles, gaining valuable experience and making a meaningful impact every day.

Day-to-day, you'll be:

• Driving eligible personnel and equipment to and from training exercises or military duties
• Supporting departmental admin tasks and delivering stores across site
• Travelling up to 1.5 hours from site and performing manual tasks such as lifting and using tools
• Operating a range of vehicles including PSV and LGV fleet
• Completing vehicle checks before, during, and after use

The role is based on site at RSME Minley, the set working times are Monday to Thursday, 08:00-16:30 and Friday, 08:00-16:00, totalling 37 hours per week. Overtime may be available, and flexibility in start times may be required.

Essential experience of the Driver:

• Practical experience maintaining roadworthiness of vehicles
• Strong understanding of driver's hours regulations (JSP800 Vol 5 or EU regulations)
• Experience in load restraint and load safety

Qualifications for the Driver:

• Full UK Driving Licence with minimum Category C
• Licences C+E & D would offer a higher salary
• Driver CPC and Tachograph card

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 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: 13/10/2026

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