Mechanical Engineer

Babcock International; London Borough of Hillingdon; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Digital GP

Annual health check

Employee discounts

Professional fees paid

Reservists leave

Holiday trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock International is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join our on-site team in Uxbridge, near London, delivering engineering solutions for specialist emergency service vehicles and equipment.

You will develop technical specifications, maintain compliance records, investigate faults, and collaborate with customers and suppliers to sustain fleet readiness. A Mechanical Engineering degree and BPSS security clearance are required, with a 40-hour Monday–Friday week.

Qualifications

• Fleet engineering experience.
• Knowledge of vehicle maintenance standards and regulatory requirements.
• Strong technical problem-solving and fault investigation skills.
• Experience producing technical and engineering documentation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engineering solutions for specialist vehicle and equipment projects.
• Produce technical specifications, engineering documentation and compliance records.
• Investigate technical issues and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with customers, suppliers and internal teams to support fleet performance and improvement.
• Support compliance with engineering standards, regulations and safety requirements.

Skills

Fleet engineering

Problem solving

Communication

Documentation

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Job Title: Mechanical Engineer

Location: Uxbridge, Greater London

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76887

Help shape the future of frontline emergency response vehicles

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Mechanical Engineer at Ruislip, near London.

The role

As a Mechanical Engineer, you'll play a key role in ensuring specialist emergency service vehicles and equipment remain safe, compliant, reliable, and ready for critical operations. Working at the forefront of fleet engineering, you'll influence vehicle design, maintenance standards, technical specifications, and continuous improvement initiatives that directly support frontline emergency response capabilities.

Day-to-day you'll be:

• Delivering engineering solutions for specialist vehicle and equipment projects.
• Producing technical specifications, engineering documentation and compliance records.
• Investigating technical issues and implementing effective corrective actions.
• Collaborating with customers, suppliers and internal teams to support fleet performance and continuous improvement.
• Supporting compliance with engineering standards, regulations and safety requirements.

The role is based onsite at Ruislip, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 40 hours per week.

Essential experience of the Mechanical Engineer:

• Fleet engineering experience.
• Knowledge of vehicle maintenance standards and regulatory requirements.
• Strong technical problem-solving and fault investigation skills.
• Experience producing technical and engineering documentation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications for the Mechanical Engineer:

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent engineering qualification.
• Equivalent extensive vocational qualification and/or significant relevant engineering experience.

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 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: 11/11/2026