Vehicle Fitter

TN United Kingdom; Walsall; On-site; Full time

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Job Title: Vehicle Fitter
Location: Walsall, West Midlands
Compensation: Up to £33,.65 DOE + £ bonus
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF

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 Fitter at our Walsall site.

The role
As a Vehicle Fitter, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. We will train you up to be an experienced Fitter, you can expect to learn something new each day; until you become skilled in all aspects of the vehicle fitter role.

Day to day, you’ll be part of a highly skilled team supporting customers including the police, fire, and ambulance service.

• Fit out vehicles in preparation for them being armoured
• Remove and fit seats, panels, roof lining, door cards, interior trim, carpets, switch gear light clusters, bumpers
• Remove and refit automotive parts and components
• Completing minor mechanical tasks; changing brake fluid
• Replacing mechanical components; suspension or brakes

This position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

This role is full time, 40 hours per week and is based on site at Walsall

Essential experience of the Vehicle Fitter:
The following is the preferred experience however, we are open to applicants from different industries.

• Experience using hand and power tools
• Effective verbal and written communication
• Ability to work effectively under own initiative, or as part of a team to achieve desired results
• Ability to work safely in an industrial environment

Qualifications for the Vehicle Fitter:

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

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• 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