Driver

Babcock International; Wyton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension with life insurance

Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Shopping portal

Professional fees

Reservists leave

Be Kind Day

Flexible working

Dynamic environment

Job summary

Babcock International is seeking a Driver to support RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire. The role focuses on safe passenger and freight transport, vehicle checks, and strict record-keeping to meet regulatory standards.

The position is full-time, 42 hours weekly, with early and late shifts and weekend rotation every six weeks, on-site at RAF Wyton. You will interact with diverse stakeholders while upholding high safety, compliance, and service levels.

Qualifications

• Full UK Driving Licence required.
• Driver CPC - Certificate of Professional Competence.
• Cat D Licence (desirable).
• Cat D1 Licence (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Deliver passengers, freight, and equipment across the UK.
• Carry out daily vehicle inspections and report defects.
• Complete tachograph records accurately and ensure driver regulations compliance.
• Maintain vehicle cleanliness through valeting and routine tasks.
• Follow transport policies and safety requirements while delivering high-quality customer service.

Skills

Safety driving

Excellent communication

Organisational skills

Procedural discipline

Health & safety mindset

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Aviation business, providing essential transport services that support operational activities across the UK. As a Driver, you'll play a vital role in delivering passengers and freight safely and efficiently, ensuring our transport operations run smoothly. Every journey you make contributes to the wider mission of supporting critical defence capabilities while offering you the opportunity to develop your skills within a respected and growing organisation., As a Driver, you'll be responsible for delivering professional transport services across a variety of driving activities, including passenger transport, freight delivery, and chauffeur duties. This is a varied and rewarding role where you'll interact with a wide range of stakeholders while maintaining the highest standards of safety, compliance, and customer service. Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

• Deliver passengers, freight, and equipment to destinations across the UK.
• Conduct daily vehicle inspections and reporting any defects promptly.
• Complete tachograph records accurately and ensuring compliance with driver regulations.
• Maintain vehicle cleanliness through valeting and routine husbandry activities.
• Follow all transport policies, procedures, and safety requirements while providing excellent customer service.

This role is full time, 42 hours per week and is based on site at RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire. Shift patterns for this role are an early and late shift rotation, including one weekend in every six weeks.

• Demonstrable experience operating vehicles safely and responsibly.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Experience following operational procedures and maintaining accurate records.
• A proactive approach to health, safety, and compliance.

Qualifications for the Driver

• Full UK Driving Licence
• Driver CPC - Certificate of Professional Competence
• Cat D Licence (desirable)
• Cat D1 License (desirable)

Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Driver at RAF Wyton, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

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.

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 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
• Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
• A dynamic working environment