Avionics Technician

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.
Llandudno
1 week ago
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Location: Llandudno, GB, LL65 3NY


Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite


Job Title: Avionics Technician


Location: Isle of Anglesey, Wales


Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits


Role Type: Full time / Permanent


Role ID: SF72006


Build a safer, more secure world with Babcock


At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Avionics Technician at RAF Valley, near Holyhead, Anglesey.


The role

As an Avionics Technician, you’ll be part of our specialist depth maintenance team, carrying out detailed and varied maintenance activities on aircraft and components. This is an exciting opportunity to support critical aviation operations while developing your technical expertise in a fast‑paced engineering environment. You’ll work with experienced colleagues, gain exposure to different maintenance tasks, and play a direct role in keeping aircraft safe, compliant and operational.


Day-to-day, you will:



  • Complete depth maintenance and diagnostic activities, including inspections, repairs, modifications and system tests.
  • Remove, replace and re‑fit aircraft components as required.
  • Analyse faults and apply technical knowledge to identify solutions and improvements.
  • Ensure maintenance tasks are completed to schedule and escalate issues appropriately.
  • Support compliance tasks within the maintenance facility, such as tooling control and oversight checks.

This role is full time working 37.5 hours per week and is based on site at RAF Valley, Wales.


Essential experience of the Avionics Technician

  • Computer literate with the ability to use engineering systems and reporting tools.
  • Previous experience applying engineering knowledge and practical technical skills.
  • Experience contributing to the development, maintenance, operation or repair of equipment or systems.
  • Ability to take personal responsibility and accountability in previous roles.

Qualifications for the Avionics Technician

  • Completion of an Engineering Apprenticeship, ideally in Aeronautical Engineering, or Military equivalent.
  • City & Guilds 2675 Aeronautical Engineering & Maintenance or NVQ Level 3 Aeronautical discipline.
  • Candidates with Trade Principles and Aircraft Platform training will also be considered, subject to successful completion of the B3(T) pathway.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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

  • 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 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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