Mechanical Supervisor

Lead mechanical activity supporting critical aviation operations At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Mechanical Supervisor at RAF Shawbury, providing technical leadership and supervision within our Aircraft Maintenance, Storage and Unit (AMSU) team. The role As a Mechanical Supervisor, you'll be responsible for supervising mechanical activity and providing technical support across aircraft storage, maintenance and preparation tasks. You'll play a key role in ensuring work is carried out safely, compliantly and to the highest standards, while supporting quality assurance and health and safety programmes. Day-to-day, you will be:

• Supervising mechanical activity within the AMSU team to ensure safe and effective task delivery.
• Preparing a range of aircraft types for storage, sale or disposal.
• Carrying out and overseeing in-storage maintenance across multiple aircraft platforms.
• Controlling and supporting the AMSU Quality Assurance and Safety programmes.
• Conducting internal audits and supporting Health and Safety compliance activities.
  
  Considerable aviation experience.
• Experience working on fast jet aircraft.
• Experience in a supervisory role.
• Experience working on multiple aircraft types.
• Proven background in Quality Assurance and Health and Safety.
Qualifications for the Mechanical Supervisor: Formal aircraft engineering trade training with recognised certification. Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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.

This is a full-time, onsite role, working:
• Monday to Thursday: 08:00 - 17:00
• Friday: 08:00 - 15:00, 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 .
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.