Driver Specialist

Job description

As a Driver Specialist, you'll support the safe movement, storage and level‐one maintenance of a wide range of military and civilian vehicles and equipment. This is a diverse and hands‐on role where your work directly contributes to the readiness and smooth running of key defence activities. Day‐to‐day, you'll operate within a specialist team responsible for Vehicle and Main Equipment (VaME) processing, ensuring assets are received, inspected, stored, maintained and issued in line with customer and operational requirements. This role offers the chance to develop meaningful skills, gain experience across a variety of vehicle types and play a valuable part in essential national‐security support operations.

Responsibilities

Move and marshal vehicles and equipment safely across the site, including towing where required.

Support the movement, storage and minor (level‐one) maintenance of a wide range of vehicles and main equipment.

Load and off‐load vehicles, sub‐systems and associated equipment during receipt, inspection, storage and issue processes.

Assist with tasks linked to VaME processing as part of the RIISM flow: Receipt, Issue, Inspect, Storage and Maintenance.

Work closely with the Storage Supervisor and wider team to ensure all activities follow customer procedures and accounting requirements.

Essential Experience

IT literate, confident using Microsoft Office applications.

Experience in vehicle fleet management or logistics – Desirable

Ability to work safely and efficiently in a vehicle‐movement or depot‐based environment.

Strong team‐working skills with the ability to follow process and instruction.

Comfortable working in a fast‐paced operational setting.

Qualifications

Full UK Driving Licence

Additional vehicle‐related qualifications, plant operation or mechanical understanding – Desirable

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Driver Specialist at our Ashchurch site in Tewkesbury. 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.

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. Further details are available at .

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 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

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Tewkesbury

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

03-04-2026

Profession type

Logistics jobs

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English