Armoury Technician

Cranwell, England, United Kingdom

7/14/2025

Job Title: Armoury Technician

Location: Sleaford, Lincolnshire

Compensation: £28,604.51

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF65631

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 Armoury Technician at our RAF Cranwell site.

The role

As an Armoury Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Managing the Small Arms maintenance Bay, Small Arms storage room, weapon components and Fuel and Lubricant (F&L) storage.

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

• Issue, receipt, storage and maintenance of weapons held in the Station Armoury. Recording of weapon maintenance/repair on JAMESwhilst also carrying out the Daily check of arms, Informing Line Management in advance to maintain adequate stocks of spares in support of the Small Arms maintenance task.
• Issue and receipt of weapons both service and private and the recording of such issues and receipts in accordance with the current regulations.
• The maintenance of service weapons and associated equipment which are consistent with current training and qualifications to depth B, including authorised repairs.
• Assist in carrying out Free from Explosive (FFE) duties when available. And covering Range Warden during periods of absence when available.
• Undertake Duty Armourer as detailed by Line manager, assisting with ordinance, Munitions and Explosives (OME) issues, receipts and movements and assist the URSO in the upkeep of the unit Weapon Unloading Facilities (WUFs).
• Assist in the Collection from ammunition depots and return unserviceable ammunition to depots.
  
  
  

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

Essential experience of the Armoury Technician:

• Ability to demonstrate the practical and theoretical standards required gained through previous experience in a similar role.
  
  
  

Qualifications for the Armoury Technician:

• RAF Q-W-GDSA (Small Arms maintenance) or NVQ in Engineering.
• UK Driving Licence
• Colour perception standard of CP2
• Q Authorised Representative (Explosive)
• ECDL
• ADR Vocational Certificate.
  
  
  

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 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: 28/07/2025