Telematics Solutions Lead

weServed; Andover; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP & health check

Shopping portal

Professional fees paid

Reservists leave

Holiday trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Telematics Solutions Lead at our Andover site, offering hybrid working and a chance to influence national security technology.

You will lead the LIOS transformation, defining how telematics and connected assets are deployed, and work with senior stakeholders to deliver roadmaps, designs and data-driven maintenance solutions for improved asset availability and operational readiness across the Army fleet.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Asset Management, Logistics, or related field.
• IAM/IEng/CEng/APM accreditation desirable.
• Knowledge of ISO 55000 and predictive/condition-based maintenance desirable.
• Experience with telematics, connected assets, and fleet management platforms desirable.

Responsibilities

• Define deployment of telematics across the LIOS environment.
• Identify opportunities to improve asset availability and maintenance through data exploitation.
• Shape future asset management and fleet support operating models using telematics and digital solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand challenges and future requirements.
• Produce strategic recommendations, roadmaps and solution designs for future capabilities.

Skills

Telematics

IoT

Asset management

Strategic solutions

Stakeholder management

Defence experience

Education

Engineering degree

Data Analytics

Systems/Engineering accreditation

Job description

Job Title: Telematics Solutions Lead

Location: Andover, Hampshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75871

Shape the future of military asset intelligence and operational readiness

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 Telematics Solutions Lead at our Andover site.

The role

As aTelematics Solutions Lead, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll play a strategically significant role within the LIOS (Land Integrated Operating Services) transformation programme, helping to redefine how military assets are monitored, managed and supported across the future Army fleet. This is a unique opportunity to influence the development of cutting‑edge telematics, connected asset technologies and data‑driven maintenance solutions that will improve asset availability, operational readiness and decision‑making on a national scale.

Day‑to‑day, you'll be required to:

• Defining how telematics and connected asset technologies are deployed across the future LIOS environment.
• Identifying opportunities to improve asset availability, readiness and maintenance performance through data exploitation.
• Shaping future asset management and fleet support operating models using telematics and digital solutions.
• Collaborating with technical, operational and customer stakeholders to understand challenges and future requirements.
• Producing strategic recommendations, solution roadmaps and solution designs that influence future military support capabilities.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Telematics Solutions Lead

• Demonstrable experience within telematics, connected assets, fleet intelligence, asset monitoring or Internet of Things enabled environments.
• Strong understanding of asset management, fleet management, maintenance, reliability or operational performance within asset-intensive industries.
• Experience developing strategic solutions, operating models or transformation programmes that improve business and operational performance.
• Proven ability to engage, influence and build relationships with senior stakeholders across multiple disciplines.
• Experience working within defence, aerospace, rail, utilities, automotive, maritime, logistics or similarly complex operational environments.

Qualifications for theTelematics Solutions Lead

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Asset Management, Logistics, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related discipline.
• Professional accreditation in Asset Management, Engineering, Project Management or Systems Engineering (such as IAM, IEng, CEng, CILT or APM) – desirable
• Knowledge of asset management frameworks, including ISO 55000, predictive maintenance or condition‑based maintenance principles – desirable
• Experience of telematics, connected asset technologies, digital asset management solutions or fleet management platforms – desirable

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: 14/10/2026

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