Technical Officer

Job Title: Technical Officer
Location: Minley, UK. With rare travel to Bicester and Agile working potentially working one day a week at home
Compensation: £36,500 + benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF 45786

Be part of progress

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 Technical Officer at Minley.

As an international defence company, we support and enhance our customers' defence and security capabilities and critical assets, meeting their requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility

Defence Training & TMASS

The Technical Officer role is based within Defence Training

The role

The difference our new Technical Officer will make

As a Technical Officer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will be organising and delivering new electrical and mechanical works using external contractors.

Day to day, you'll ensure a positive Health and Safety culture, focusing and supporting teams towards the aim of zero accidents within a team of 3. This will include Ensuring prescribed time, cost and quality standards are met when delivering works.

You will also Manage and co-ordinate the delivery of new works programmes. Primarily Project Managing smaller value works (up to bit not limited to £100k) to defined timelines and standards that include the production of project documentation.

At Babcock, we have a history of helping talent go far. With our track record of innovation, you'll continually develop your knowledge and expertise.

We offer flexible working to give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. This role provides potentially working one day a week from home and some travel to Bicester.

Essential experience

* You will need HND Mechanical and electrical based qualification
* Background experience in construction management is desirable
* We will need you to have a flexible working approach where you can manage your own time
* Excellent communication skills are needed
* We will need you to possess excellent written skills
* You will need to satisfy security requirements. This may require you to hold or be eligible/capable of achieving 'Security Check' (SC) clearance.

What we offer

Generous benefits including:
* Generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus 8 bank holidays
* Reservist in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
* Matched contribution pension scheme up to 4.5% of salary, with life assurance
* Working from home and flexible work patterns
* Employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
* Flexible benefits, including cycle to work scheme, discounts and our Share Ownership Scheme
* Autonomy. Trusted and empowered to be at your best

Babcock International
For over 130 years, we have 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. Change begins with our people and our shared Principles: be curious; be courageous; own and deliver; think: outcomes; collaborate; and be kind. These values not only guide the way we work, but also our efforts to reach net-zero carbon. Yes, our ambitions are big, but together, we can achieve them.

Armed Forces Covenant

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. If you are a reservist in the armed forces, we provide up to ten days special paid leave in support of your training commitments.

Application Guidance

All applications should be made online. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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: 19th August 2022