Entry Level Electrical Vehicle Technician

Location: Walsall, West Midlands

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Entry Level Electrical Vehicle Technician at our Walsall site, near Wolverhampton, West Midlands.

The role

As a Entry Level Electrical Vehicle Technician, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll begin your career within one of the UK’s most respected defence, aerospace, and engineering organisations. This is an exciting opportunity to learn how to install, integrate, and maintain enhanced electrical systems in specialist vehicles used by the Police, Fire, and Ambulance services. Your work will help ensure these vehicles operate reliably in critical situations, supporting public safety across the UK.

Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:

• Fit, repair, install, and integrate electrical and electronic systems in motor vehicles
• Support the design and development of electrical solutions for specialist vehicles
• Work closely with experienced technicians and engineers to build your skills
• Follow safety procedures and quality standards to ensure reliable vehicle performance
• Carry out fault‑finding and rectification on vehicle electrical systems

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 Walsall, and the set working times are Monday to Friday with either a 7am or 8am start, totalling 39 hours per week. You’ll benefit from an early finish every Friday at either 1pm or 2pm, depending on your start time.

Essential experience of the Entry Level Electrical Vehicle Technician:

• No prior experience required
• A positive attitude and willingness to learn technical skills
• Strong interest in automotive, electrical, or engineering work
• Ability to follow instructions and work safely

Qualifications for the Entry Level Electrical Vehicle Technician:

• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in a relevant motor vehicle qualification, or proven automotive electrical experience
• We welcome applications from newly qualified candidates

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and NPPV 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 emailcareers@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.