Driver

Babcock Canada Inc.; Chatham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and technology company is seeking a full-time Driver at their RSME site in Chatham, Kent. The role involves providing essential transport services for military personnel and vehicles, including driving and maintaining various military and commercial vehicles. Candidates must have a Coach/D licence and excellent customer relations skills. Attractive benefits include a matched contribution pension scheme and various health support services, highlighting the company's commitment to employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ volunteering leave

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Customer focused with the ability to build positive working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Driving military personnel and equipment around RSME Chatham sites, mainly via coach.
• Transporting personnel to locations across the UK on some occasions.
• Driving military and commercial vehicles that you are trained to operate.
• Carrying out standard maintenance on a wide range of military vehicles (training provided).
• Recording and maintaining training compliance.

Skills

Customer focused

Education

Coach / D licence

Job description

Driver

Location: Medway, GB, ME4 4UG

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Driver

Location: Chatham, Kent

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70285

Join Us in Creating a Safer World

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Driver at our RSME site in Chatham, Kent.

The Role

As a Driver, you’ll take on a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll provide essential transport services, driving a variety of military and civilian vehicles on and off road. This is your opportunity to support military operations and make a real impact while developing your skills in a dynamic environment.

Day to day, you’ll be:

• Driving military personnel and equipment around RSME Chatham sites, mainly via coach.
• Transporting personnel to locations across the UK on some occasions
• Driving military and commercial vehicles that you are trained to operate
• Carrying out standard maintenance on a wide range of military vehicles (training provided).
• Recording and maintaining training compliance.

This role is full time working 37 hours per week and is based on site at Brompton Barracks, Chatham.

Essential Experience

• Customer focused with the ability to build positive working relationships.

Qualifications

• Coach / D licence (essential.)

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 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

• 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.