Gas Engineer

weServed; Bicester; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks (Aviva)

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for Reserv"

Holiday Trading program

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a qualified Gas Engineer to join the team at the Bicester estate. You will perform planned and reactive maintenance on commercial gas, heating, plumbing and water systems, ensuring safety and compliance across facilities.

Based onsite, you will work 40 hours weekly Monday to Friday, with an on-call rota and a company van provided. A strong Gas Safe background and relevant qualifications are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Commercial/Heating Gas Engineer in a commercial setting.
• Qualified gas safety technician with appropriate certification.
• Experience maintaining gas boilers and heating systems in large sites.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance across gas, heating, plumbing and water systems.
• Service and fault-find gas boilers and heating equipment.
• Respond to maintenance issues including leaks and faulty pipework.
• Perform preventative maintenance on water systems with checks and inspections.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and work safely.

Skills

Gas boiler maintenance

Gas safety

Plumbing

Fault-finding

Maintenance planning

On-call experience

Education

Gas Safe qualification

City & Guilds in Gas/Heating/Plumbing/Mech Eng

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Job Title: Gas Engineer

Location: Bicester, Oxfordshire

Compensation: £43,300 - £46,450 Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76423

Keep vital infrastructure running. Help create a safe and secure world.

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Gas Engineer at Bicester, near Oxfordshire.

The role

As a Gas Engineer, you'll play a vital role in maintaining and improving the infrastructure that supports critical defence operations. Working across Babcock's Bicester estate, you'll carry out planned and reactive maintenance on commercial gas, heating, plumbing and water systems, helping to ensure facilities remain safe, compliant and operational.

Day-to-day you'll be required to:

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance across commercial gas, heating, plumbing and water systems.
• Service, maintain and fault-finding commercial boilers and gas-fired heating equipment.
• Respond to maintenance issues including leaks, blocked toilets and faulty pipework.
• Complete planned preventative maintenance activities on water systems, including inspections and compliance checks.
• Diagnose faults, repairing equipment and maintaining accurate maintenance records while working safely and efficiently.

The role is based onsite at Bicester, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 40 hours per week. Participation in an on-call rota is required, with a call-out allowance and company van provided.

Essential experience of the Gas Engineer:

• Proven experience working as a Commercial Gas Engineer, Heating Engineer or similar in a commercial environment.
• Experience servicing, maintaining and fault-finding gas boilers and heating systems.
• Practical knowledge of plumbing, pipework and water systems.
• Experience delivering planned and reactive maintenance within commercial, industrial or domestic environments.
• Understanding of gas safety regulations, water hygiene requirements and safe working practices.

Qualifications for the Gas Engineer:

• Gas qualification / Gas Safe competency, ideally commercial.
• City and Guilds or equivalent qualification in Gas, Heating, Plumbing or Mechanical Engineering.
• Full UK manual driving licence.

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 [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: 23/10/2026