Vehicle Electrician

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Bournemouth, Wareham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Vehicle Electrician, where you'll play a vital role in servicing and maintaining vehicles and electrical equipment. This full-time position at the Bovington site offers a unique opportunity to work with modern vehicle electronics, ensuring the highest standards of repair and maintenance. With excellent development opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package, including a matched pension scheme and health consultations, this role is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in a supportive environment. If you're a team player with a passion for vehicle technology, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for Reservists

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role with a solid understanding of vehicle electronics.
• Recognized training in relevant trade discipline or accredited apprenticeship.

Responsibilities

• Servicing, repair, and maintenance of vehicles and electrical equipment.
• Diagnosing and inspecting vehicles to meet production requirements.

Skills

Vehicle Electronics

Diagnostic Skills

Repair and Maintenance

Team Collaboration

Education

City and Guilds Level 1, 2 & 3

ONC in relevant trade discipline

NVQ Level 3 in relevant trade discipline

Tools

Diagnostic Tools

Electrical Equipment

Job description

Location: Wareham, Bournemouth, GB, BH20 6JD

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Vehicle Electrician
Location: Wareham, Dorset
Compensation: £27,500 - £31,500 Dependent on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63023

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 Vehicle Electrician at our Bovington site.

The role
As a Vehicle Electrician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. With your skills and experience, you’ll be undertaking the servicing, repair, maintenance and overhaul of vehicles and electrical equipment, including diagnostic and inspection duties. You’ll also be carrying out equipment examination to meet production requirements.

Day to day, you’ll carry out the inspection, servicing, repair and overhaul of vehicles, assemblies, electrical and general equipment including diagnostic duties, manufacture miscellaneous items and carry out examination tasks to meet production needs. You may also carry out similar duties to occasional civilian vehicles and mechanic equipment. You'll also:

• Carry out work to the required standard and specification as detailed on the job card in accordance with the customer requirements, current regulations, local instructions, processes and other approved technical publications
• Diagnose, inspect and assess vehicles and associated mechanical or electrical equipment in line with skills and competency
• Ensure all job transactions are accurately recorded and carried out in accordance with current ERP processes and that work completed and time taken to complete the job is submitted daily to the department or section Supervisor
• Completion of vehicle and equipment documentation and test certificates or reports to current standards
• Ensure stores and equipment issued to job are used for their correct purpose and un-used or new faulty material is returned to the section or department Supervisor as soon as it is identified

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role. This position involves manual work, including lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Bovington. This role may also involve some travel; however, overnight stays will not be necessary.

Essential experience of the Vehicle Electrician:

• Previous experience within similar role
• A solid foundational understanding of modern vehicle electronics
• Dealership or Local Garage experience
• A real team player with the ability to adapt and build rapport

Qualifications for the Vehicle Electrician:

Must have completed recognised Military or Civilian training in the relevant trade discipline or a recognised accredited Apprenticeship in relevant discipline. Attained at least one of the following minimum academic qualifications:

• City and Guilds Level 1, 2 & 3 (in the relevant trade discipline)
• ONC (in the relevant trade discipline)
• NVQ Level 3 (in the relevant trade discipline)

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many 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.

What we offer

• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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.

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