Aircraft Handler

Job Title:                        Aircraft Handler 

Location:                        Yeovilton, Somerset

Compensation:              £32,551.83

Role Type:                      Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                          SF64967

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Aircraft Handler at our RNAS Yeovilton site.

The role

As an Aircraft Handler, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Marshalling and refuelling aircrafts.

Day-to-day, you’ll communicate with the customer and the Site Manager daily to ensure possible contract failures are avoided, as well as:

• Maintain Best practice and Health and Safety standards at all times.
• Mentor new starters.
• Carry out A check on aircraft

This role is full time and based onsite at RNAS Yeovilton.

Essential experience of the Aircraft Handler:

• Experience of handling aircraft in a military or civilian EASA Pt 145 environment.
• Ability to demonstrate practical and theoretical standards required

Qualifications for the Aircraft Handler:

• Clean driving licence

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) 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 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 are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 04/07/2025

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