Vehicle Mechanic

Babcock International; Greater London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering firm is seeking a Vehicle Mechanic in Woolwich, London. The role involves servicing and repairing military vehicles, demanding essential qualifications like NVQ Level 3 in Service and Repair. The ideal candidate should possess hydraulics experience and strong teamwork skills. This full-time position offers a supportive environment, generous benefits including a matched pension scheme and flexible working options. Join us to make a real impact on national security and public infrastructure.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar mechanical role.
• Experience in a dealership or local garage.

Responsibilities

• Servicing, repairing, and overhauling military vehicles and electrical systems.
• Diagnosing, inspecting, and assessing vehicles and associated equipment.
• Completing documentation and test certificates to current standards.

Skills

Hydraulics experience

Strong teamwork and communication skills

Ability to adapt and build rapport across teams

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Service and Repair

Tools

ERP (SAP) systems

Job description

Job Title: Vehicle Mechanic
Location: Woolwich, London
Compensation: Up to £32,760 - Dependent on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63537

Keep Defence Moving by Maintaining the Machines That Matter

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Vehicle Mechanic at Woolwich site, near London.

The role

As a Vehicle Mechanic, you’ll be part of a skilled team maintaining and repairing military vehicles and electrical equipment. Your work will directly support the UK’s defence capability—making this a career with real purpose and impact. From diagnostics to inspections, you’ll ensure our fleet is ready for action while developing your own skills in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Day-to-day you’ll be:

• Servicing, repairing, and overhauling military vehicles and electrical systems
• Diagnosing, inspecting, and assessing vehicles and associated equipment
• Completing documentation and test certificates to current standards
• Ensuring correct use of stores and returning unused or faulty items
• Creating job cards and requesting materials using ERP (SAP) systems

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.

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

This is a full-time, permanent role based onsite at Woolwich. The set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 37 hours per week.

Essential experience of the Vehicle Mechanic:

• Previous experience in a similar mechanical role
• Hydraulics experience
• Experience in a dealership or local garage
• Ability to adapt and build rapport across teams
• Strong teamwork and communication skills

Qualifications for the Vehicle Mechanic:

• NVQ Level 3 in Service and Repair

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 26,000 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 [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: 09/02/2026

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