Driver - Handler
Location:
Nottingham, GB, NG34 8HB
Onsite or Hybrid:
OnSite
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 Driver - Handler at our RAF Cranwell site.
The role
As a Driver - Handler, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll work within a small but highly effective Transport Services team, where the highest standards will be expected. You'll be required to drive and operate a wide range of general and specialist vehicles, from Passenger Carrying Vehicles (PCV) to a rigid tanker and Large Goods Vehicles (LGV). You'll be responsible for ensuring RAF personnel, equipment, and vehicles get to the right place, at the right time!
Day-to-day you’ll be responsible for:
* Fuel tanker driving on shift to support flying operations, including daily/weekly maintenance and checks required to ensure vehicle safety and compliance.
* Controlling all vehicle-related administration within DVSA/RAFMT/DGSA guidelines, ensuring all personal licenses, medicals, and competencies are maintained.
* Conducting see-in and see-off procedures and being authorized to carry out fuel and oil replenishment on the aircraft.
This role is full-time and based onsite at RAF Cranwell, near Sleaford. The shift roster includes shifts ranging from 7 am to 7 pm and 10:30 am to 10:30 pm, with late finishes as business requirements dictate, 7 days a week.
Essential experience of the Driver – Handler:
* Must have previous experience as a driver; holding a Cat C license is essential, and the current driving role doesn’t need to be military.
* Adaptable and able to work on their own initiative.
* Strong timekeeping skills and working knowledge of tachographs.
* Working knowledge of transport and driver legal requirements.
Qualifications for the Driver – Handler:
* PSV, LGV C on license, and ADR Qualified (candidates who do not hold all licenses will still be considered if they hold the C element).
* Current DCPC card and a digital tachograph card.
* Clean driving license with a minimum of C qualification.
* Meet eye color vision of CP2/CP3 for airfield airside operations.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain DBS security clearance for this role. Many 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
* 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 of special paid leave.
* Holiday trading allows employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave.
* ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organization or registered charity.
Babcock International
For over a century, Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. 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.
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