Job Title: General Maintenance Assistant
Location: Penrith, Cumbria
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61181
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 General Maintenance Assistant at our Skelton Penrith site.
The Role
As a General Maintenance Assistant, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll work in a small team maintaining the site and facilities of rural site.
Day-to-day, you’ll work in a leading defence technology company delivering a wide range of design, manufacturing and operational support projects to defence customers from our Skelton Offices based near Penrith, Cumbria.
The cleaning of domestic and technical installations, equipment and site vehicles. Maintenance of domestic water and drainage systems. Ordering materials to maintain cost effective stock levels. General labouring and porterage including receipt, packing and dispatch of goods. Maintaining technical and administration records and provide information as required.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Skelton Penrith
Essential Experience of the General Maintenance Assistant
A comprehensive knowledge of current safe working practices and safety procedures. Significant years of experience of general building maintenance and cleaning techniques. Basic Computer skills including email, Word and spreadsheets.
Qualifications for the General Maintenance Assistant
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) 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 share scheme 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement ‘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 Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing Potential to develop skills A dynamic working environment
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
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: 03/01/2025
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