Telematics Solutions Lead

Babcock International; Penton Mewsey; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists 10 days special paid leave

Holiday Trading window February–March

Be Kind Day paid leave

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Telematics Solutions Lead for the LIOS transformation programme at its Andover site. You will influence development of telematics, connected asset technologies and data-driven maintenance across the Army fleet to improve availability and readiness.

You will define deployment strategies, collaborate with technical and operational teams, and produce high-level strategic recommendations and roadmaps to shape future military support capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in telematics, connected assets, fleet intelligence or IoT environments.
• Strong understanding of asset/fleet management, maintenance and performance.
• Experience shaping strategic solutions, operating models or transformation programmes.
• Proven ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience in defence, aerospace, rail, utilities, automotive, maritime or similar complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Defining deployment of telematics and connected asset technologies.
• Identifying opportunities to improve availability and performance through data.
• Shaping future asset management and fleet support operating models.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to understand challenges and requirements.
• Producing strategic recommendations, roadmaps and designs for future capabilities.

Skills

Telematics

IoT

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Asset management

Education

Engineering degree or related field

Professional accreditation (IAM/IEng/CEng/CILT/APM) desirable

Job description

As a Telematics 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:

Responsibilities

• 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 the Telematics 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.

About Babcock

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., 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.

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