Mobile Repair Technician

Babcock International; Ruislip; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Employee shopping portal

Professional fees paid

Reservists leave

Holiday trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Mobile Repair Technician in London to support public safety by keeping the fleet of over 460 vehicles and specialist equipment ready for duty. You will diagnose faults, service vehicles, document work, and handle parts requisitions across multiple sites, with an emphasis on safety and quality.

The role requires a valid UK driving licence, proven motor vehicle technician experience, and the ability to pass a medical questionnaire and BPSS clearance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a qualified motor vehicle technician
• Full UK driving licence (Category B essential; Category C desirable)
• Strong diagnostic skills and a methodical fault resolution
• High attention to quality and safety
• Understanding of workshop health and safety practices

Responsibilities

• Diagnosing faults and testing vehicles using specialist equipment
• Maintaining your company vehicle for roadworthiness and servicing
• Accurately completing job documentation and parts requisitions
• Identifying and reporting recharge cost instances with evidence
• Working across operational and training sites, performing manual tasks such as lifting, bending, and tool use

Skills

Diagnostic skills

Fault resolution

Health and safety awareness

Manual handling

Education

City & Guilds Levels 1 and 2 in Motor Vehicle Studies

NVQ Levels 2 and 3 in Vehicle Maintenance and Repair

Job description

As a Mobile Repair Technician, you'll help support the London Fire Brigade by ensuring their fleet of over 460 vehicles and specialist equipment is always ready to respond. You'll play a key role in public safety across Greater London. Day-to-day you'll be:

• Diagnosing faults and testing vehicles using specialist equipment
• Maintaining your company vehicle for roadworthiness and servicing
• Accurately completing job documentation and parts requisitions
• Identifying and reporting recharge cost instances with evidence
• Working across operational and training sites, performing manual tasks such as lifting, bending, and tool use

This role involves manual work and requires passing a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination.

• Proven experience as a qualified motor vehicle technician
• Full UK driving licence (Category B essential; Category C desirable)
• Strong diagnostic skills and a methodical fault resolution
• High attention to quality and safety
• Understanding of workshop health and safety practices

Qualifications for the Mobile Repair Technician

• City & Guilds Levels 1 and 2 in Motor Vehicle Studies, or
• NVQ Levels 2 and 3 in Vehicle Maintenance and Repair (or equivalent)

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Mobile Repair Technician at our Ruislip site., 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 We call that lifetime engineering. Join us and see how far we can go, together.

The role is based onsite at Ruislip and offers a potential remuneration of up to £53,785.80, including a £41,350.50 base salary and allowances for shift work (£5,375.57), MRT allowance (£3,014.03) and on-call allowance (£4,045.70). The set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 40 hours per week. Regular travel across internal and customer sites is expected.

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