Vehicle Mechanic

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Richmond; On-site; GBP 29,484 - 36,036; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP and health check

Employee shopping portal

Professional Fees paid

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Vehicle Mechanic for a full-time, on-site role near Richmond/Catterick. You’ll diagnose and repair vehicles, complete documentation, and maintain fleets to support defence and national infrastructure.

This hands-on position requires SC clearance and offers growth within a large, safety-focused organisation. As a valued member of the team, you’ll contribute to mission readiness, work collaboratively, and benefit from a pension, health resources, and various employee perks as

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a vehicle mechanic or in a similar role.
• Experience from a dealership or local garage environment.
• Knowledge of hydraulic systems and applicable safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose, inspect, and assess vehicles and mechanical/electrical equipment.
• Service, repair, maintain, and overhaul vehicles to required standards.
• Complete job cards, test certificates, and technical documentation accurately.
• Ensure materials, tools, and equipment are used correctly and managed efficiently.
• Work in line with customer requirements, regulations, and technical instructions.

Skills

Vehicle mechanic experience

Dealership/garage experience

Hydraulics knowledge

Team player

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Service and Repair or equivalent

Job description

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Vehicle Mechanic

Location: Darlington, GB, DL9 3LL

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Vehicle Mechanic
Location: Richmond, North Yorkshire
Compensation: £32,760 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF73935

Keep vehicles mission-ready and make a real impact every day

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 Catterick, near Richmond, North Yorkshire.

The role

As a Vehicle Mechanic, you’ll play a vital role in keeping essential vehicle fleets operational and ready to support defence and national infrastructure. This is a hands-on position where your skills directly contribute to safety, reliability, and mission success. You’ll gain exposure to a wide range of equipment and continue to develop your technical expertise in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Diagnose, inspect, and assess vehicles and associated mechanical or electrical equipment


• Service, repair, maintain, and overhaul vehicles to required standards and specifications


• Complete job cards, test certificates, and technical documentation accurately


• Ensure all materials, tools, and equipment are used correctly and managed efficiently


• Work in line with customer requirements, regulations, and technical instructions

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

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at or Catterick site, near Richmond.

Essential experience of the Vehicle Mechanic:

• Demonstrate previous experience in a vehicle mechanic or similar role


• Bring experience from a dealership or local garage environment


• Apply knowledge of hydraulics systems


• Work effectively as part of a team and building strong working relationships

Qualifications for the Vehicle Mechanic:

• NVQ Level 3 in Service and Repair or equivalent

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

• 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.

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