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Survival Equipment Technician
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Survival Equipment Technician
Survival Equipment Technician
Location: Isle of Anglesey, Wales
Compensation: £31,574.97 + Benefits
Role Type: Full-time / Permanent
Role ID: SF74584
About the Role
Keep aircraft crews safe where it matters most.
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 Technician at RAF Valley, near Holyhead.
As a Survival Equipment Technician, you’ll play a vital role in supporting fast jet pilot training by ensuring critical survival and aircrew equipment is maintained to the highest standards. Your work will directly impact flight safety, operational readiness, and mission success.
This is a hands-on, highly responsible role where you’ll develop specialist skills within a collaborative team, while contributing to a function that is essential to aviation safety and national defence.
Responsibilities
Day-to-day, you will be:
- Carrying out preventative and corrective maintenance on aircrew and survival equipment
- Ensuring all work meets regulatory, safety, and quality standards
- Inspecting, testing, and certifying equipment for operational use
- Supporting continuous improvement in team performance and compliance
- Working collaboratively to deliver outputs safely and on time
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Requirements
Essential Experience
- Previous experience in survival or life support equipment maintenance
- Working effectively within a small, close-knit team
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- High levels of personal responsibility and adaptability
- Knowledge of military engineering standards or equivalent procedures
Qualifications
- Formal engineering training (RAF Trade Group 13 or equivalent)
- Trade authorisations such as QSEAC or AVMEDSE
- Experience in aircrew equipment fitting or specialist systems (desirable)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by:
- Place of birth
- Nationality
- Current or former citizenship
- Residency held or previously held
Further details are available at: United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - 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 benefit (UK Babcock employees can buy/sell up to one week of annual leave between February and March annually)
- ‘Be Kind Day’ – one paid day of leave per year to volunteer with a chosen organisation or registered charity
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About Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll join something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re lifetime engineering.
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’re happy to discuss flexible working—please ask at interview.
Closing date: 09/07/2026
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