Aircraft Inspector

Benson, England, United Kingdom

6/27/2025

Job Title: Aircraft Inspector

Location: Ewelme, Wallingford

Compensation: £35,063.35

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF64412

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Aircraft Inspector at our RAF Benson site.

The role

As an Aircraft Inspector, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. The Aircraft Inspector is to ensure all aircraft engineering, line and depth maintenance and all other engineering related activities and services are provided as required to always meet or exceed customer expectations and LAFT2 contractual needs.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Supervise and carry out Flight-line operations in accordance with company procedures.
• Complete all aircraft and equipment maintenance documentation in accordance with current legislation and Company procedures.
• Provide technical support to other LAFT sites as required, as well as being available for longer term detachments if required in support of Camps at Easter and Summer.
• Pre-use checks and Scheduled Maintenance of Company owned Ground Support Equipment.
  
  
  

This role is full time and based onsite at RAF Benson.

Essential experience of the Aircraft Inspector:

• Experience of handling aircraft in military or civilian CAA or EASA Pt 145 environments.
• Supervisory experience in an aircraft engineering environment.
  
  
  

Qualifications for the Aircraft Inspector:

• Recognised Aircraft Apprenticeship, Military experience or NVQ level 3 or equivalent
  
  
  

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) and DBS 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 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 [email protected] 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: 16/07/2025

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