Armoury Technician

Babcock; Newcastle upon Tyne, Alnwick; On-site; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Babcock as an Armoury Technician at RAF Boulmer, where you'll manage the station's armoury and support military personnel. This full-time role requires expertise in handling small arms, along with essential qualifications and a driving license. Enjoy a competitive salary and generous benefits including a matched pension scheme and holiday trading options.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Qualifications

• Experience with small arms and explosives.
• Ability to manage and store ammunition.
• Driving license required.

Responsibilities

• Manage the RAF Boulmer station armoury and associated facilities.
• Store, issue, and receive small arms and ancillary equipment.
• Provide out of hours armoury support.

Skills

Experience of Duties of a 25M Range Warden

Managing ammunition and pyrotechnic devices

Education

RAF Q-W-GDSA or equivalent

Driving License

Job description

Job Title: Armoury Technician
Location: Alnwick Northumberland
Compensation: £28,596.75
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61237

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Armoury Technician at our RAF Boulmer site.

The role
As an Armoury Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. The Armoury Technician is responsible and accountable for all task associated with operating the RAF Boulmer station armoury, range, and associated storage facilities. You will interact with military personnel with the issue, return and maintenance of weapons.

Day-to-day, you’ll provide out of hours armoury support, as well as:

• Assist the Armoury Supervisor in the management of Potential Explosion Sites (PES) in accordance with current regulations.
• Store, issue, and receive Small Arms and Ancillary Equipment in accordance with current regulations.
• Store, issue, and receive private weapons and non-service weapons in accordance with current regulations.
• Certify empty ammunition containers and fired cases free from explosives and dispose of in accordance with current regulations.

This role is full time and based onsite at RAF Boulmer.

Essential experience of the Armoury Technician:

• Experience of Duties of a 25M Range Warden in accordance with current regulations
• Previous experience of Carrying out physical checks of Small Arms on the occasions laid down in current regulations.
• Previous experience of Managing, collecting, receiving, and any issuing of store ammunition and pyrotechnic devices and dispose of unusable stores in accordance with current regulations

Qualifications for the Armoury Technician:

• Specialist with Small arms and explosives hold RAF Q-W-GDSA or equivalent.
• Driving License

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain 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 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

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: 28/02/2025

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