About the role
Role ID: SF75127
Help keep aircrew mission-ready and make a real difference to frontline pilot training
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Survival Equipment Supervisor at RAF Valley, near Holyhead, Anglesey.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Aviation business, supporting the maintenance and serviceability of critical aircrew survival equipment. Your expertise will help ensure pilots have the equipment they need to train safely and effectively, directly contributing to the development of the next generation of frontline aircrew. If you're looking for a career where your work has purpose, visibility, and impact, this role offers the opportunity to grow your skills while supporting vital national capability.
The role
As a Survival Equipment Supervisor, you'll supervise and undertake maintenance activities on essential survival and aircrew equipment, ensuring the highest standards of safety, airworthiness, and compliance are maintained. Working within a highly skilled aviation engineering team, you'll play a key role in supporting operational readiness while developing your leadership and technical expertise within a world-class defence and aerospace organisation.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
Conducting maintenance, inspection and diagnostic activities on survival and aircrew equipment assemblies.
Resolving equipment faults, carrying out repairs, modifications and component replacements.
Performing functional testing to ensure equipment meets operational and regulatory requirements.
Ensuring all work is completed in accordance with approved technical documentation and maintenance procedures.
Carrying out inspections, configuration management activities and critical compliance checks.
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and is based on site at RAF Valley.
Essential experience of the Survival Equipment Supervisor
Experience working on survival equipment or comparable aircraft systems.
Experience in a Survival Equipment Technician, aviation engineering, or similar technical role.
Strong fault-finding, diagnostic and analytical skills.
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