Mobile Repair Technician

Job Title: Mobile Repair Technician

Location: Croydon, South London

Compensation: Up to £32,760 - Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66683

Keep London's Emergency Fleet 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 Mobile Repair Technician at Croydon, South London.

The role
As a Mobile Repair Technician, you'll be part of a team that plays a critical role in supporting the London Fire Brigade. You'll help ensure their fleet of over 460 vehicles and specialist equipment is always ready to respond making a real difference to public safety and emergency response across Greater London.

This is a dynamic and hands-on role where your technical expertise will directly impact operational readiness. You'll work across a wide range of sites, diagnosing and repairing faults, improving reliability, and helping reduce in-service defects. It's a career that offers variety, purpose, and the chance to grow your skills in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.

Day-to-day you'll be:

•    Diagnosing faults and conducting vehicle testing using specialist equipment and techniques.

•    Maintaining your company vehicle to ensure roadworthiness and timely servicing.

•    Completing job documentation accurately, including post-repair write-ups and parts requisitions.

•    Identifying recharge cost instances and reporting them with supporting evidence.

•    Working across operational and training sites, performing manual tasks such as lifting, bending, and using tools.

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.

The role is based onsite at Croydon, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 40 hours per week. Regular travel across internal and customer sites is expected.

Essential experience of the Mobile Repair Technician:

•    Proven experience as a qualified motor vehicle technician.

•    Full UK driving licence (Category B essential; Category C desirable).

•    Strong diagnostic skills and a methodical approach to fault resolution.

•    High attention to quality and safety.

•    Understanding of health and safety practices in workshop environments.

•    Ability to interpret technical documentation accurately.

Qualifications for the Mobile Repair Technician:

•    City & Guilds Levels 1 and 2 in Motor Vehicle Studies, or 

•    NVQ Levels 2 and 3 in Vehicle Maintenance and Repair (or equivalent).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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 ).

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 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 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
• 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 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: 27/10/2025