Vehicle Mechanic

6 months ago

Colchester, United Kingdom Babcock International Group Full time

Job Title: Vehicle Mechanic
Location: Colchester, Essex 
Compensation: £28, + Benefits 
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 Mechanic at our Colchester site.

The role
As a Vehicle Mechanic, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. With your skills and experience, you’ll be undertaking the servicing, repair, maintenance and overhaul of vehicles and electrical equipment, including diagnostic and inspection duties. You’ll also be carrying out equipment examination to meet production requirements.


Day to day, you’ll be carrying out work to the required standard and specification as detailed in accordance with customer requirements, current regulations, local instructions, process plans and other technical publications. You’ll also ensure stores and equipment issued to job are used for their correct purpose. 

Carry out work to the required standard, specification and customer requirements Undertake diagnostic and inspection duties on equipment Ensure that timecards are filled out correctly daily Completion equipment documentation and test certificates or reports Ensure stores and equipment issued to job are used for their correct purpose

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 on site at Colchester. 

Essential experience of the Vehicle Mechanic:

Previous experience within similar role  Hydraulics experience

Qualifications for the Vehicle Mechanic:

Qualified vehicle mechanic NVQ 3 or City and Guilds 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

What we offer

Generous holiday allowance  Contributory 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

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