Vehicle Transport Driver

Babcock International Group; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Aviva DigiCare+ health services

Job summary

Babcock International Group is hiring a Vehicle Transport Driver for our Ashchurch site near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. This full-time role involves moving military vehicles, basic maintenance checks, and maintaining records to support equipment readiness.

Applicants must hold a Full UK Driving Licence with a preference for C+E/H licences and may need MOD experience. SC clearance is required in due course; excellent teamwork and reliability are essential.

Qualifications

• Full UK Driving Licence is required.
• Desirable: Category C+E and Category H licences.
• Desirable MHE operator certification and MoD/vehicle logistics experience.
• Knowledge of Motor Transport Safety Regulations is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Transport vehicles and assets safely across the site.
• Load and unload vehicles and equipment per operations.
• Perform basic vehicle maintenance checks (oil/fluids).
• Support vehicle storage operations and asset condition.
• Report faults and maintain accurate records.

Skills

IT literacy

Record keeping

Health & safety awareness

Communication

Adaptability

Education

Full UK Driving Licence

Category C+E licence desirable

Category H licence desirable

MHE operator certification desirable

MOD/vehicle logistics experience desirable

Motor Transport Safety Regulations knowledge desirable

Job description

Compensation: £27,007 - £29,364 + £1,000 Incentive Payment + Overtime + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF74285

Help keep critical defence assets moving

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 Transport Driver at Ashchurch, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

Job Title

Vehicle Transport Driver

Location

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

The role

As a Vehicle Transport Driver, you'll play a vital role in supporting the safe movement, storage, inspection and basic maintenance of military vehicles across the Ashchurch site. Working within a busy logistics operation, you'll help ensure vehicles and assets are maintained, available and ready to meet customer and operational requirements.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading defence organisation where your work will directly contribute to supporting the UK's defence capability. You'll be part of a collaborative team environment with opportunities to develop your skills and build a long-term career.

Day-to-day, you will be required to:

• Transport vehicles and assets safely across the site
• Load and unload vehicles and equipment in line with operational requirements
• Carry out basic vehicle maintenance checks, including oil and fluid inspections
• Support vehicle storage operations and maintain the condition of assets
• Report faults and maintain accurate records and documentation.

This is a full-time, permanent position based on-site at Ashchurch, working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Essential experience of the Vehicle Transport Driver

• IT literate, with experience using Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and Outlook
• Ability to maintain accurate records and documentation
• Strong awareness of health and safety requirements
• Good communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to adapt to changing operational requirements.

Qualifications for the Vehicle Transport Driver

• Full UK Driving Licence
• Category C+E Driving Licence (desirable)
• Category H Driving Licence (desirable)
• Material Handling Equipment Operator certification (desirable)
• Experience within vehicle logistics, fleet management or a Ministry of Defence environment (desirable)
• Knowledge of Motor Transport Safety Regulations (desirable)

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 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.

Closing date: 09/09/2026