Driver and Ground Handler

Job Title: Driver and Ground Handler
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Compensation: £30,043.26 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70542

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 Driver and Ground Handler at our RAF Benson site.

The role

As a Driver and Ground Handler, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be part of a small, friendly Transport Services team where people work well together and take pride in doing the job properly. You’ll be driving a mix of vehicles, from cars and minibuses to rigid and articulated LGVs, depending on the task. The job is about getting RAF personnel, vehicles and equipment where they need to be, safely and on time. It’s a well‑structured driving role on a unique RAF site, offering variety in the work and the chance to be part of a dependable and supportive team.

Day-to-day you’ll be responsible for

• Transporting recruits and station personnel between units and the local area using a range of vehicles
• Carrying out detailed monthly checks of the vehicle fleet and reporting any defects to the Transport Control Office
• Preparing vehicles for events such as graduation days
• Uniform will be provided and must be worn as a matter of company policy

This role is full time and based onsite at RAF Benson, near Oxfordshire. You’ll work an average of 40 hours a week, shifts are - early (06:00 - 15:00), day (08:30 - 17:30), and evening (11:00 - 19:00). Shifts are planned in advance, although some flexibility may occasionally be required to meet operational needs.

Essential experience of the Driver and Ground Handler

• Previous ground handling experience is not a requirement. Applicants from all LGV backgrounds are welcomed.
• CAT B Licence
• Large Goods Vehicles (LGV) DVLA Licence Category C
• Digital Tachograph Card.

Qualifications for the Driver and Ground Handler

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain BPSS security clearance EDBS 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 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 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.

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