Vehicle Examiner
// Role Summary
Join Babcock as a Vehicle Examiner in Richmond, North Yorkshire, to ensure the safety and compliance of vital defence vehicles. This role offers a chance to combine hands-on inspection with technical assessment, directly supporting operational readiness.
// Key Responsibilities
- Conduct inspections of specialist civilian military vehicles.
- Assess vehicle condition, identify defects, and determine serviceability.
- Maintain accurate records and documentation.
- Collaborate with engineering and repair teams.
- Requires manual work including lifting, bending, and standing.
- Must achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance.
// Role Specification
Vehicle Examiner at Babcock
Help keep vital defence vehicles safe, compliant, and ready for the mission.
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Vehicle Examiner at Catterick, near Richmond, North Yorkshire.
The Role
As a Vehicle Examiner, you'll play a key role in ensuring specialist civilian military vehicles meet the highest standards of safety, quality, and compliance. This is an exciting opportunity to combine hands-on vehicle inspection with technical assessment and certification responsibilities, directly supporting operational readiness across the defence sector.
Day-to-day Responsibilities:
- Conduct vehicle inspections in accordance with customer requirements, technical publications, and regulatory standards.
- Assess vehicle condition, identifying defects, and determining serviceability.
- Complete inspection reports, certification, and associated documentation accurately and efficiently.
- Maintain vehicle records and updating relevant systems to ensure data integrity and compliance.
- Collaborate with supervisors, engineers, and repair teams to support safe and effective fleet operations.
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 Catterick, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 37 hours per week.
Essential Experience:
- Experience in vehicle inspection, maintenance, or assessment activities within military or civilian fleet environments.
- Good understanding of vehicle systems and defect identification.
- Ability to interpret technical publications and inspection standards.
- Experience working to quality, safety, and regulatory requirements.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to produce accurate technical documentation.
Qualifications:
- Recognised military or civilian training in a relevant mechanical or vehicle discipline, or completion of an accredited apprenticeship.
- Significant experience supported by one of the following: City & Guilds Level 1, 2 and 3 in Light or Heavy Vehicle Maintenance, Ordinary National Certificate in an Engineering discipline, or National Vocational Qualification Level 3 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.