Job Title: Driver
Location: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Compensation: £27,518.40 + Up to £3,000 Shift Allowance
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70597
Make every journey count. Support national defence on the move.
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 at our Wyton site, near Cambridgeshire.
The role
As a Driver, you’ll be at the heart of our Transport Services team, ensuring Service personnel, equipment, and vehicles get to the right place at the right time. This is more than just driving, it’s about supporting national defence and contributing to a mission that matters. You’ll operate a wide range of vehicles, from passenger cars and vans to minibuses and coaches, making every journey count.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
- Undertake a range of driving duties, including freight delivery, chauffeur tasks and general transport tasks
- Observe all EU Drivers Hours Regulations (EU Regulation 561)
- Check and report all defects on fleet vehicles promptly
- Correctly complete and use tachographs where required
- Carry out daily inspections, vehicle valeting and day‑to‑day maintenance of the Transport Section
- Report all accidents, near‑misses and safety concerns to Line Management.
This role is full time working 42 hours per week and is based on site at Wyton, near Cambridgeshire. Shift patterns include:
Two‑shift pattern, Monday–Friday (alternating):
- Early: 09:00–16:00
- Late: 13:00–22:00
- 1 weekend in 6 (with 1 day off before and 2 days off after)
Essential experience of the Driver:
Good knowledge of the UK road network, particularly major airports.
Qualifications for the Driver:
- Full UK Driving Licence
- Category D Licence
- Driver CPC – Certificate of Professional Competence.
Security Clearance
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 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 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
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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: 29/01/2026
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