Structural Maintenance Supervisor

Babcock International; Llandudno; On-site; GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company in Wales is seeking a Structural Maintenance Supervisor to lead structural repairs and supervise technicians at RAF Valley. The ideal candidate should have strong leadership skills and hold a relevant engineering qualification. This full-time role offers competitive compensation, generous benefits, and development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Highly proficient in interpreting engineering drawings and technical manuals.
• Skilled and certified in airframe structural repair techniques.
• Demonstrated leadership in supervising teams in an engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Supervise technicians for safe and high-quality task completion.
• Monitor compliance with regulations and documentation.
• Perform structural repairs and coordinate personnel efficiently.

Skills

Interpreting engineering drawings

Primary and secondary airframe structural repair

Team leadership

Education

City & Guilds 2675 Level 3 or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Structural Maintenance Supervisor

Location: Isle of Anglesey, Wales
Compensation: £34,907.83 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF68447

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Structural Maintenance Supervisor at our RAF Valley, Wales site.

Role

As a Structural Maintenance Supervisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will lead the execution of detailed structural repairs while coordinating personnel to meet contractual obligations.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Supervise technicians to ensure safe, timely, and high-quality task completion
• Monitor work to ensure compliance with current regulations and accurate, prompt documentation
• Perform detailed structural repairs and coordinate personnel to meet contractual obligations efficiently.

This role is full time working 37.5 hours per week and is based on site at RAF Valley, Wales. The role involves rotating shift patterns detailed below:

Monday - Wednesday: 07:00-17:00

Thursday: 07:00-16:30

Essential experience

• Highly proficient in interpreting engineering drawings, workbook instructions, and technical manuals to guide precise execution
• Skilled and certified in both primary and secondary airframe structural repair techniques
• Demonstrated leadership experience in supervising teams within a relevant engineering environment, ensuring quality and compliance throughout operations.

Qualifications

Successfully trained in an aircraft-related discipline, holding a City & Guilds 2675 Level 3 qualification or equivalent, such as NVQ Level 3 in Aircraft Maintenance.

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 share scheme
• 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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

Closing date: 05/11/2025

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