Incident Responder

weServed; Ledsham; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP / Aviva DigiCare+

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists leave (10 days)

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Be the First Line of Defence as an Incident Responder with Babcock at Capenhurst, Cheshire. The role involves patrols, access control, and emergency coordination to protect people and assets.

You will work 4 on 4 off, 12-hour shifts, and support security operations requiring SC clearance. A strong health standard and prior security service experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in Military, Police, Fire Service or Security.
• Good health and fitness.
• Flexibility to adapt to normal and emergency shift patterns.
• Conflict management and incident response experience.
• Strong report writing and intelligence handling skills.

Responsibilities

• Conducting foot and vehicle patrols, perimeter checks, and building inspections.
• Supporting emergency response, including initial command duties and coordination with emergency services.
• Maintaining fitness, completing training exercises, and upholding safety and compliance standards.
• Managing access control, vehicle searches, and key registers at the main gate.
• Operating control room systems, monitoring CCTV, and responding to emergency calls.

Skills

Security experience

Fitness

Shift flexibility

Conflict management

Incident response

Report writing

Intelligence handling

Education

Driving Licence (UK)

SIA accreditation desirable

Job description

Job Title: Incident Responder
Location: Capenhurst, Cheshire
Compensation: £38,641.05 rising to £42,223 after 6-month probation + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72089

Be the First Line of Defence in a Role That Truly Matters

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Incident Responder at Capenhurst, near Chester, Cheshire.

The role

As an Incident Responder, you’ll be at the forefront of protecting people, assets and operations. This is a dynamic and high-impact role where your actions directly contribute to national security and public safety. You’ll respond to medical, fire and safety incidents, manage site security, and ensure operational integrity through proactive patrols and emergency response.

It’s a career that builds resilience, sharpens leadership, and offers real purpose.

Day-to-day you’ll be:

• Conducting foot and vehicle patrols, perimeter checks, and building inspections
• Supporting emergency response, including initial command duties and coordination with emergency services
• Maintaining fitness, completing training exercises, and upholding safety and compliance standards
• Managing access control, vehicle searches, and key registers at the main gate
• Operating control room systems, monitoring CCTV, and responding to emergency calls

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.

The role is based onsite at Capenhurst, and the set working times are 4 on 4 off (2 days, 2 nights – 12-hour shifts), totalling 42 hours per week.

Essential experience of the Incident Responder:

• Previous experience in Military, Police, Fire Service or Security
• Good standard of health and fitness
• Flexibility to adapt to normal and emergency shift patterns
• Conflict management and incident response experience
• Strong report writing and intelligence handling skills

Qualifications for the Incident Responder:

• Full UK Driving Licence
• Security Industry Authority Accredited (SIA) is desirable

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (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 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 26,000 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.

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: 10/09/2026

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