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Job Title: Shift Driver
Location: Shropshire, England
Compensation: £31,683.74 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF74585
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 Shift Driver at our RAF Cosford, Shropshire site.
The role
As a Shift Driver, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will contribute to a high-profile MOD contract as a Driver, reporting directly to the Transport Manager. This role offers a chance to play a key part in supporting operational logistics within a dynamic and mission-focused environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
Licensed to operate cars, vans, minibuses, and coaches (minimum Cat D licence)
Responsible for daily vehicle inspections, fault reporting, and maintaining cleanliness
Expected to work flexibly across all areas of the contract, beyond driving duties
Perform tasks aligned with training, knowledge, and competencies to support delivery of contracted outputs to the MoD.
This role is full time working 39.5 hours per week and is based on site at RAF Cosford, Shropshire. Shift patterns detailed below:
Early Shift: Mon - Thu: 0630 -1530, Fri: 0630 – 1230
Day Shift: Mon - Thu: 0730 – 1630, Fri: 0730 – 1330
Late Shift: Mon - Thu: 0930 – 1830, Fri: 1200 - 1800
Essential experience of the Shift Driver:
Essential experience in operating Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV) or passenger coaches, demonstrating advanced driving proficiency and safety awareness.
Qualifications for the Shift Driver:
Holder of a full Category D driver’s licence (excluding Category D1)
Experienced driver with Category B/B1 and PSV Category D qualifications, demonstrating capability across a range of vehicle types.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service + Security Check (EDBSSC) 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 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
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 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: 20/07/2026
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