Aircraft Mechanical Supervisor

Job Title:                     Aircraft Mechanical Supervisor

Location:                     Lincolnshire, England

Compensation:           £34,972.00 + £4500 Shift Allowance + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF72796

Be part of delivering excellence with the world‑famous Red Arrows

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Aircraft Mechanical Supervisor at Royal Air Force Waddington, near Lincoln, supporting the iconic Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team.

The role

As an Aircraft Mechanical Supervisor, you’ll play a crucial role in ensuring aircraft airworthiness, compliance and safe operation within a fast‑paced aviation environment. Working on Hawk aircraft used by the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, you’ll support the planning, supervision and delivery of mechanical maintenance tasks while promoting a strong culture of safety and quality. This is a unique opportunity to support globally recognised flying operations in a highly specialised environment.

Day-to-day, you will be:

• Supervising mechanical maintenance tasks to ensure compliance, airworthiness and high-quality engineering standards.
• Carrying out detailed mechanical inspections, flight servicing and first‑signature and second‑signature responsibilities.
• Supporting the Team Leader and aviation engineering managers with safe and effective maintenance practices.
• Ensuring accurate continuity between shifts through clear debriefing, record‑keeping and documentation.
• Undertaking delegated duties to support engineering output, quality assurance and operational readiness.

This is a full‑time, onsite role, working 37.5 hours per week, split between day and late shifts.

Essential experience of the Aircraft Mechanical Supervisor:

• Practical engineering background with strong mechanical technical skills.
• Understanding of quality, safety and environmental management systems.
• Knowledge of Ministry of Defence regulations including Part‑M and Part‑145.
• Ability to prioritise tasks, identify discrepancies and maintain high standards of airworthiness.
• Confident using information systems and resource‑planning tools.

Qualifications for the Aircraft Mechanical Supervisor:

• Extensive aviation experience with considerable experience in a technician‑level mechanical role.
• Mechanical systems type training.
• Supervisory training within an aviation environment.
• Aircraft maintenance qualification such as City and Guilds Aeronautical Engineering Level 3 or equivalent.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 15/04/2026

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