Maintenance Operative

Babcock International; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and annual health check

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists in the armed forces receive

10 days special paid leave

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Maintenance Operative at RAF Cranwell, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Join a focused facilities team responsible for safe, compliant training environments for service personnel while working a 39-hour week onsite.

Role requires a hands-on, proactive approach, basic computer literacy, and a valid UK driving licence. SC security clearance is mandatory and on-call duties may apply.

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.
• Full UK driving licence required.
• Experience with general maintenance tasks and basic repairs.
• Strong health and safety awareness and basic computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor building systems and facilities for safety and compliance.
• Perform routine testing, inspections, and water hygiene tasks.
• Carry out minor repairs and touch-up painting.
• Escort contractors and support health, safety, and compliance.
• Maintain site presentation through basic cleaning.

Skills

Basic IT literacy

Health & safety mindset

Hands-on maintenance

Effective communicator

Organized

Education

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Job Title: Maintenance Operative

Location: RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire

Compensation: £27,976.00 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76301

Help create safe, compliant environments that support vital military training

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Maintenance Operative at RAF Cranwell, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire

The role

As part of our Aviation business, you'll join a small but highly effective facilities management team responsible for maintaining compliant, safe, and operational training environments for service personnel.

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

• Monitoring building systems, equipment, and facilities to ensure they remain safe, compliant, and operational.
• Carrying out routine testing, inspections, and water hygiene activities.
• Performing minor repairs, touch-up painting, and general maintenance tasks across the site.
• Supporting building presentation through spot cleaning and basic upkeep activities.
• Escorting contractors and helping maintain compliance with health, safety, and statutory requirements.

This is a full-time, onsite role working 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 17:00, based at RAF Cranwell. Participation in an on-call rota will be required.

Essential experience of the Maintenance Operative:

• Demonstrating basic computer literacy and a willingness to learn new systems and processes.
• Working with a strong commitment to health, safety, and safe systems of work.
• Taking a proactive and hands‑on approach to practical maintenance and facilities tasks.
• Communicating effectively with colleagues, contractors, and site stakeholders.
• Managing day-to-day responsibilities with a reliable and organised approach.

Qualifications for the Maintenance Operative:

• Full UK Driving Licence.

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 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 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: 12/10/2026

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