Licensed Aircraft Engineer

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Bath; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension scheme with life cover

Digital GP and Aviva DigiCare+

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists 10 days special paid leave

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Licensed Aircraft Engineer to join our defence aviation team at RNAS Yeovilton, near Yeovil, Somerset. You will lead maintenance activities, ensure airworthiness, and support the release to service of aircraft in a fast-paced environment.

You will work on-site, 40 hours per week on a 4-in-7 shift, including weekends, collaborating with a skilled team to uphold regulatory compliance and high safety standards.

Qualifications

• Proof of holding a CAA Part 66 B1.2 licence and UK driving licence.
• Experience leading maintenance teams in a regulated aviation environment.
• Strong planning, analytical and decision-making abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead aircraft maintenance activities and supervise technicians and inspectors.
• Certify and release aircraft to service after maintenance.
• Ensure all work adheres to aviation regulations and company procedures.
• Collaborate with customers and engineering stakeholders to deliver serviceable aircraft.

Skills

Lead maintenance

Regulatory compliance

Problem-solving

Team supervision

Planning & organisation

Education

CAA Part 66 B1.2 Licence

Supervisory aviation experience

Job description

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Location: Bath, GB, BA22 8HT

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Licensed Aircraft Engineer

Location: Yeovil, Somerset

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75434

Help keep critical aircraft flying safely and ready for action

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Licensed Aircraft Engineer at RNAS Yeovilton, near Yeovil, Somerset.

The role

As a Licensed Aircraft Engineer, you'll play a vital role in delivering safe, airworthy and mission‑ready aircraft for our customer. Working within a highly skilled aviation team, you'll lead engineering maintenance activities, ensure regulatory compliance, and support the release to service of aircraft in a fast‑paced operational environment.

This is an opportunity to make a real difference, applying your expertise across line and depth maintenance activities while helping to support future defence capability. You'll be part of an experienced team responsible for generating safe, serviceable aircraft in line with regulatory requirements and customer expectations.

Day-to-day, you will be:

• Leading aircraft maintenance activities and supervising technicians and inspectors
• Ensuring all engineering work is completed in accordance with aviation regulations and company procedures
• Certifying and releasing aircraft to service following maintenance activities
• Maintaining high standards of safety, quality and airworthiness across all engineering tasks
• Collaborating with customers, operational teams and engineering stakeholders to deliver serviceable aircraft.

This role is based on site at RNAS Yeovilton and is a full‑time position working 40 hours per week on a 4-in-7 shift pattern, including weekends.

Essential experience of the Licensed Aircraft Engineer:

• Demonstrable aircraft engineering experience within a regulated aviation environment
• Proven ability to lead and support teams during maintenance activities
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure while adapting to changing priorities
• Excellent planning, organisation and decision‑making capabilities.

Qualifications for the Licensed Aircraft Engineer:

• CAA Part 66 B1.2 Aircraft Maintenance Licence
• Supervisory experience within an aviation environment
• Ability to demonstrate the practical and theoretical standards required for the role
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Strong understanding of customer and contract partnering arrangements.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) 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

• 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. 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.