Ground Support Technician

Location: Ruislip, London, GB, HA4 6NG

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Electrical and Mechanical Equipment Technician

Location: Greater London, England

Compensation: £37,640 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70249

Ensure RAF Northolt Keeps Moving with Precision Engineering Support

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Electrical and Mechanical Equipment Technician at RAF Northolt, near Ruislip, Greater London.

The role

As an Electrical and Mechanical Equipment Technician, you’ll play a vital part in supporting the smooth running of RAF Northolt’s operations. Working within our UK Military Aviation business, you’ll ensure that both military and civilian aircraft receive the correct Ground Support Equipment (GSE) on time—and that all servicing, repairs and rectifications are carried out to the highest standards.

You’ll be part of a small, dedicated engineering team responsible for maintaining equipment critical to safe airfield operations. This role offers the chance to develop your technical expertise, gain wider exposure to airfield operations, and help deliver engineering excellence that directly supports defence capability.

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

• Maintain, service and repair ground support equipment to the highest engineering standards
• Work closely with the GSE Team Leader to follow best practice and engineering procedures
• Carry out refuelling, equipment maintenance and general tasks in support of aircraft operations
• Manage equipment via a computer‑based maintenance system
• Plan and forecast maintenance activity and organise spare parts.

This role is full time working 37.5 hours per week and is based on site at RAF Northolt, Greater London.

Essential experience of the Electrical and Mechanical Equipment Technician:

• Experience in workshops and ground servicing equipment environments
• Skilled in the use of mechanical maintenance tools
• Ability to diagnose and rectify mechanical and electrical faults
• Able to work independently or as part of a small team
• Strong organisational and communication skills with a customer‑focused mindset.

Qualifications for the Electrical and Mechanical Equipment Technician:

• Trained Electro‑Mechanical Technician (Vehicle/Plant Equipment or equivalent) or time‑served
• Normal colour perception CP2 (can be obtained via optician)
• Full clean UK manual driving licence.

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 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.

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 16/02/2026

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