Job Title: Survival Equipment Technician
Location: Shropshire, England
Compensation: £35,.38 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Maintain critical survival and aircrew equipment in a safety‑critical aviation environment
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. We’re looking for a Survival Equipment Technician to join our Aviation business, based on site at RAF Shawbury, supporting the HADES contract and Rotary Flying Training operations.
This is a hands‑on technical role where you’ll be responsible for the inspection, maintenance, and rectification of survival equipment and aircrew equipment assemblies that directly support flying operations.
The role
As a Survival Equipment Technician, you’ll be part of a specialist Survival Equipment team, delivering preventative and corrective maintenance on all items of Survival Equipment (SE) and Aircrew Equipment Assemblies (AEA). You’ll work to approved standards, publications, and procedures, ensuring equipment is safe, serviceable, and available to meet the flying programme
Day-to-day, you will be:
This is a full‑time, permanent role, working Monday to Friday (08:00–17:00), with flexibility required to support the flying programme. The role is fully onsite at RAF Shawbury.
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.
Essential experience of the Survival Equipment Technician:
Qualifications for the Survival Equipment Technician:
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 Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer.
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