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Job Title: Weapons Technician
Location: Tewkesbury Gloucestershire
Compensation: £31,200 - £33,540 Dependent on Experience + Benefits + Overtime
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF73690
Build, Maintain And Innovate—Support The Equipment That Protects Lives
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Weapons Technician at our Ashchurch site, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.
The role
As a Weapons Technician, you will join a highly skilled engineering team supporting critical defence equipment used by military and civil customers. You will play a hands-on role in maintaining and enhancing vehicles and armament systems that are essential to national security and operational readiness.
This is a full-time role, working 37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 7.00 am to 3.30pm and Friday 7.00am – 12.00pm based on site at Ashchurch with overtime being available.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
Carrying out servicing, maintenance, repair and modification of defence vehicles and armament systems
Diagnosing faults across mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems and completing effective repairs
Conducting inspections and equipment examinations to meet production and safety requirements
Working collaboratively with team members to deliver high-quality engineering outcomes
Ensuring all work is completed in line with technical standards and safety procedures
Essential experience of the Weapons Technician:
Holding previous experience in a similar mechanical, armourer or technician role
Demonstrating strong hands-on skills in maintenance and fault diagnosis
Showing the ability to work effectively as part of a team and build strong working relationships
Being able to meet requirements for Security Check clearance
Bringing experience in military environments or automotive/mechanical workshops (advantageous)
Qualifications for the Weapons Technician:
NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent Level 3 qualification in a relevant discipline
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 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: 07/08/2026
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