Babcock
Survival Equipment Supervisor
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Survival Equipment Supervisor
Role Title
Survival Equipment Supervisor
Location
Wiltshire, England
Compensation
£33,400.29 + Benefits
Role Type
Full time / Permanent
Work Location
MOD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire
About the Role
Lead the team that keeps aircrew safe and mission-ready
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Survival Equipment Supervisor supporting aviation operations.
The Opportunity
As a Survival Equipment Supervisor, you will lead a specialist team responsible for the safe, compliant, and effective maintenance of survival and aircrew equipment. Your leadership will directly impact safety performance, regulatory compliance, and operational effectiveness.
This is an exciting opportunity to step into a leadership role where you’ll:
- Guide a high-performing team
- Drive quality standards
- Ensure critical equipment is always ready for use in demanding environments
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Leading and supervising a team delivering survival and aircrew equipment maintenance
- Ensuring all activities meet regulatory, safety, and quality standards
- Overseeing inspection, testing, and certification of equipment
- Driving team performance, compliance, and continuous improvement
- Coordinating work to ensure outputs are delivered safely and on time
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Essential Experience
- Proven experience in survival or life support equipment maintenance
- Experience leading or supervising within a technical or engineering environment
- Strong problem-solving and analytical capability
- High level of personal responsibility, flexibility, and accountability
- Knowledge of military engineering standards, procedures, or equivalent
Key Qualifications
- Formal engineering training (RAF Trade Group 13 or equivalent)
- Trade authorisations such as QSEAC or AVMEDSE
- Additional technical qualifications in aircrew equipment or specialist systems (desirable)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain a Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) security clearance. Additional security requirements apply. For further details, see UK Security Vetting
What We Offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to Digital GP, annual health checks, and nutritional consultations via Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- For reservists in the armed forces: 10 days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading Scheme, allowing buy/sell of up to one week of annual leave
- ‘Be Kind Day’, enabling 1-day paid leave annually for charitable volunteering
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About Babcock
We empower exceptional people to change the world. As a global FTSE 100 organisation, we deliver products and services critical to:
- National security
- Public infrastructure
- A sustainable future
Join us in shaping the future through lifetime engineering. Your work will make a meaningful impact—while shaping a career that values balance, purpose, and progress.
💡 We are a Disability Confident committed employer. If you need reasonable adjustments during recruitment—email: careers@babcockinternational.com with “Reasonable adjustments requirement” as the subject.
🔹 Flexible working options are available – discuss at interview.
Application Deadline
15/07/2026
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