Mobile Repair Technician

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London, GB, HA4 0QH

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Mobile Repair Technician

Location: Ruislip, West London

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66683

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 Mobile Repair Technician at our Ruislip site.

The role

As aMobile Repair Technician, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be joining our team responsible for delivering the vehicle and equipment contract for the London Fire Brigade. This vital role ensures consistently high levels of operational asset availability, covering a diverse fleet of 460 vehicles across 39 categories, along with a wide range of specialist equipment-from heavy and light vehicles to advanced hydraulic rescue tools.

Day-to-day, you'll be responsible for inspecting, diagnosing, and repairing London Fire Brigade assets at both operational and training sites across Greater London. Your work will directly contribute to a culture of continuous improvement-enhancing the quality, reliability, and availability of the fleet, reducing in-service defects, and proactively addressing recurring issues wherever possible.

• Conduct fault diagnosis and vehicle testing using appropriate technical equipment, procedures, and techniques-including road testing when required.
• Maintain the company vehicle in a roadworthy condition at all times, ensuring timely planning of repairs and scheduled maintenance.
• Accurately complete all job-related documentation, including detailed post-repair write-ups, Mobile Tranman entries, and parts requisitions.
• Identify all instances requiring recharge costs, promptly notify the MRT Controller, and provide comprehensive supporting documentation and media.

Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time and involves travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role.

This role is full time working 40 hours per week and requires regular travel across a range of internal and customer sites on a weekly basis.

Essential experience for the Mobile Repair Technician:

• Demonstrated experience as a qualified motor vehicle technician, with a strong track record in vehicle maintenance and repair
• Possession of a full UK driving licence (Category B essential; Category C highly desirable)
• Strong diagnostic capabilities with a methodical approach to fault identification and resolution
• High level of quality awareness and commitment to delivering reliable, safe outcomes
• Solid understanding of fundamental health and safety practices within a workshop or operational environment
• Ability to interpret and apply technical instructions and documentation accurately

Qualifications for the Mobile Repair Technician:

• City & Guilds Levels 1 and 2 in Motor Vehicle Studies, or equivalent NVQ Levels 2 and 3 in Vehicle Maintenance and Repair.

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 () .

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 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.

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