Defence Support Operative

We Served; Wareham; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A defense services provider in Wareham seeks a Defence Support Operative to maintain and operate Armoured Fighting Vehicles. Candidates must be proficient in IT and possess a full manual UK Driving Licence. Responsibilities include performing maintenance, safely operating vehicles, and managing deliveries. The role offers generous benefits such as a matched pension scheme, an employee share scheme, and development opportunities. This full-time position requires achieving Security Check security clearance.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Qualifications

• Must be 21 or older due to licensing requirements.
• Ability to maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Perform Level 1 maintenance and repairs to vehicle-specific standards.
• Safely operate vehicles on public roads and off-road.
• Conduct preparatory tasks including minor repairs, cleaning, painting, and refuelling.
• Manage collection and delivery of vehicle platforms.
• Support usage tracking and routine checks of stores and equipment.

Skills

Proficient in IT

Strong communication skills

Education

Full manual UK Driving Licence

Job description

Job Title: Defence Support Operative

Location: Wareham, Dorset

Compensation: £26,171.04 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69406

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 Defence Support Operative at our Bovington, Dorset site.

The role

As a Defence Support Operative, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be maintaining, operating, and driving Armoured Fighting Vehicles and other specialist platforms, delivering critical support to the Contract in a dynamic and high-impact environment.

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Perform Level 1 maintenance and repairs to vehicle-specific standards, following authorised procedures
• Safely operate vehicles on public roads and off-road, day and night
• Conduct preparatory tasks including minor repairs, cleaning, painting, and refuelling
• Manage collection and delivery of vehicle platforms as required
• Support usage tracking and routine checks of stores and equipment.

This role is full time working 39 hours per week and is based on site at Bovington, Dorset.

Essential experience of the Defence Support Operative

• Proficient in IT with solid knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Strong communicator, confident in representing the department during meetings and site visits
• Must be 21 or older due to licensing requirements.

Qualifications for the Defence Support Operative

• Full manual UK 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 share scheme
• 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has 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.

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 [e-mail] 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: 22/01/2026

#EVERGREEN-25