Mechanical Technician

We Served; Holyhead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology and engineering firm is seeking a Mechanical Technician for their RAF Valley site near Holyhead, Wales. The role involves performing maintenance activities on aircraft, requiring qualifications in aeronautical engineering and prior relevant experience. This full-time position includes a competitive salary and various benefits such as generous holiday allowance and a matched contribution pension scheme. The candidate must also achieve and maintain security clearance for this role.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and nutritional consultations

Employee share scheme

Payment of professional fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to work unaided to approved data and maintenance instructions.
• Previous experience in a similar role.

Responsibilities

• Perform scheduled maintenance, inspections, repairs, and fault rectifications.
• Review operational performance of aircraft components and systems.
• Analyse and diagnose faults to components and assemblies.
• Maintain compliance with technical standards and MOE procedures.
• Support tooling and test equipment control tasks.

Skills

Diagnostic skills

Teamwork

Computer literacy

Education

City & Guilds 2675 or NVQ Level 3 in Aeronautical Engineering

Completion of an Engineering Apprenticeship (Aeronautical or equivalent)

Job description

Job Title: Mechanical Technician

Location: Isle of Anglesey, Wales

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF65644

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 Technician at our RAF Valley site, near Holyhead, Anglesey.

The Role

As a Mechanical Technician, you’ll work in the Early Rectification maintenance environment, undertaking detailed maintenance activities on aircraft and components. You’ll demonstrate diagnostic skills, work effectively within a team, and provide guidance to less experienced members in a dynamic operational setting.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

• Performing scheduled maintenance, inspections, repairs, and fault rectifications.
• Reviewing operational performance of aircraft components and systems.
• Analysing and diagnosing faults to components and assemblies.
• Maintaining compliance with technical standards and MOE procedures.
• Supporting tooling and test equipment control task.

This role is full time working 36 hours per week and is based on site at RAF Valley, Anglesey.

Essential experience of the Mechanical Technician:

• Completion of an Engineering Apprenticeship (Aeronautical or equivalent).
• Minimum City & Guilds 2675 or NVQ Level 3 in Aeronautical Engineering.
• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Ability to work unaided to approved data and maintenance instructions.

Qualifications for the Mechanical Technician:

• Aeronautical Engineering or Military equivalent apprenticeship.
• Airframe and Propulsion trade training.
• Computer literacy.

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

• 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

19/02/2026