Survival Equipment Supervisor

Leuchars, Scotland, United Kingdom

6/30/2025

Job Title: Survival Equipment Supervisor

Location: St Andrews, Fife

Compensation: £31,962.12 depending on experience

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF64410

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 Survival Equipment Supervisor at our RAF Leuchars site.

The Role

As a Survival Equipment Supervisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Reporting to the Site Operations Manager (SOM) the Survival Equipment Supervisor is to lead, supervise and ensure the provision of scheduled maintenance, repair and fitting of RAF and Company owned Safety Equipment and Aircrew Assemblies and all other survival equipment related tasks and activities to meet or exceed the customer and LAFT 2 contractual requirements. Complete all documentation in accordance with current legislation and company procedures.

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

• Helmet and life jacket maintenance
• Checking of parachute, flying clothing, and all safety elements inc in flying
• Student kitting of flying clothing
• Cadet training and fitting.
  
  
  

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

Essential experience of the Survival Equipment Supervisor:

• Good analytical/problem solving skills in previous roles evidenced
• Previous experience in a similar role or environment in a fitting
  
  
  

Qualifications for the Survival Equipment Supervisor:

• RAF Safety Equipment Course or civilian equivalent.
• Previous experience in Q-SE-AC (Helmet Fitting) refresher training provided.
  
  
  

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) 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: 07/07/2025

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