Job Title: Trainee Rigger Mechanic - Technician
Location: Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Compensation: £25,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF56874
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 Trainee Rigger Mechanic - Technician at our Scarborough site.
The role
This is an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Rigger Mechanic - Technician to develop the required skills to support existing infrastructure, which includes inspection and maintenance of a wide range of Mast, Towers and Antenna systems. Also the installation of new assets at sites in the UK and around the world.
Day-to-day, you'll be trained to understand and apply the strategy needed to maintain assets in your area of responsibility.
- Demonstrate the awareness of health & safety policy and regulations applicable to your role.
- Apply safe working practices to agreed standards.
- Demonstrate flexibility by multi-skilling in other departments when required.
- Have the initiative to solve tasks that may be complex and unfamiliar.
This position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time. It also involves working at height. Candidates must be able to work safely and perform tasks at varying heights.
This role is full time 37 hours per week and is based at Scarborough. You will be also required to travel/work across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role.
Essential experience of the Trainee Rigger Mechanic/Technician
- Team player
- Full UK driving licence
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft windows (Word, Excel)
Qualifications for the Trainee Rigger Mechanic/Technician
- Mechanical or Electrical qualification
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) 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.
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- '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
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.