Licensed Aircraft Engineer

weServed; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension with life

Digital GP & health check

Employee shopping portal

Leave enhancements for Reservists

Be Kind Day volunteering leave

Holiday Trading option

Flexible working options available

Job summary

Babcock in Salisbury, Wiltshire, is seeking a Licensed Aircraft Engineer to join a multi‑disciplinary aviation engineering team at MOD Boscombe Down. You’ll support maintenance, release-to-service, and compliance activities to ensure safe, mission‑critical aircraft are ready for service.

The role requires an EASA Part 66 B1 licence, leadership experience, strong communication, and the ability to prioritise complex tasks. Full‑time on‑site position with generous benefits and security clearances.

Qualifications

• Proven problem solving and analytical capability within an engineering environment.
• Demonstrated leadership or mentoring experience.
• Strong communication skills to engage effectively with colleagues and customers.
• Ability to prioritise, simplify complexity and use sound judgement in operational decisions.
• Knowledge of composite materials and MoD engineering procedures/documentation.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out aircraft engineering, line and depth maintenance to ensure serviceable, safe aircraft.
• Performing release‑to‑service responsibilities in accordance with regulatory and safety requirements.
• Providing clear technical guidance to technicians and inspectors during maintenance activities.
• Supporting both Babcock and client stakeholders with technical insight and problem‑solving.
• Completing engineering documentation, ensuring standards, compliance and accuracy at all times.

Skills

Problem-solving

Leadership / mentoring

Communication skills

Prioritisation / decision making

Knowledge of composites

Education

EASA Part 66 B1 licence

Supervisory experience

Job description

Job Title: Licensed Aircraft Engineer

Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire

Compensation: £46,906.01 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF71646

Help maintain aircraft that support critical missions — and take your engineering career to new heights.

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 MoD Boscombe Down, near Salisbury, Wiltshire.

The role

As a Licensed Aircraft Engineer, you’ll join a dynamic, multi‑disciplined aviation engineering team dedicated to delivering safe, compliant, dependable aircraft. Working alongside mechanical and avionic specialists, you’ll ensure the effective generation and release to service of aircraft that support vital defence operations.

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Carrying out aircraft engineering, line and depth maintenance to ensure serviceable, safe aircraft.
• Performing release‑to‑service responsibilities in accordance with regulatory and safety requirements.
• Providing clear technical guidance to technicians and inspectors during maintenance activities.
• Supporting both Babcock and client stakeholders with technical insight and problem‑solving.
• Completing engineering documentation, ensuring standards, compliance and accuracy at all times.

This is a full‑time role working 40 hours per week and is based on site at MOD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire.

Essential experience of the Licensed Aircraft Engineer:

• Proven problem‑solving and analytical capability within an engineering environment.
• Demonstrated leadership or mentoring experience.
• Strong communication skills to engage effectively with colleagues and customers.
• Ability to prioritise, simplify complexity and use sound judgement in operational decisions.
• Knowledge of composite materials and MoD engineering procedures/documentation.

Qualifications for the Licensed Aircraft Engineer:

• EASA Part 66 B1 licence.
• Supervisory experience in a civil or military aviation environment.
• Ability to demonstrate required practical and theoretical engineering standards.
• Full UK driving licence.
• (Desirable) Type rating on Grob 115E aircraft and Lycoming 360 engines.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) / 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

• 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 FeesReservists 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.

Closing date: 28/08/2026

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