Location:
Camberley, Guildford, GB, GU17 9LP
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Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite
Job Title: Gas Engineer
Location: Blackwater, Hampshire
Compensation: From £43,403 Dependent on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF75764
Keep vital infrastructure running and make a difference every day
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Gas Engineer at Minley, near Blackwater, Hampshire.
The role
As a Gas Engineer, you'll deliver planned, reactive and remedial maintenance across a diverse estate, supporting heating, ventilation, water hygiene, sanitary and drainage systems. This is a hands-on role where no two days are the same, offering the chance to work on a broad range of mechanical systems while contributing to an environment that supports national capability and operational readiness.
Day-to-day you'll be required to:
Carry out planned preventative maintenance, inspections and statutory compliance checks on gas and mechanical systems
Repair, service and fault-find on commercial boilers and associated equipment
Support mechanical asset replacement projects, upgrades and refurbishment activities
Maintain stock levels and inventory for mechanical maintenance activities
Undertake plumbing maintenance and repairs as required across the estate
Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.
The role is based onsite at Minley, and the set working times are Monday to Thursday, 8:00am to 4:30pm, and Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm, totalling 40 hours per week. An on-call rota will be required after six months in post.
Essential experience of the Gas Engineer:
Proven experience working as a Commercial Gas Engineer
Experience servicing, maintaining and repairing commercial gas systems and boilers
Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills
Experience delivering planned and reactive maintenance activities
Ability to work independently and safely within a busy operational environment
Qualifications for the Gas Engineer:
COCN1 or CODNCO1 Core Commercial Natural Gas Safety qualification
Full UK Manual Driving Licence
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 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 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
Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 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. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email
[email protected] 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: 11/09/2026
Job Segment: Engineer, Engineering
