Job Title: Armourer
Location: Chatham, Kent
Compensation: £37,895 Pro Rata + Benefits
Role Type: Part time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70924
Shape the Future of Defence Through Precision and Expertise
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Armourer at our Chatham site.
The role
As an Armourer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll contribute directly to the safety and reliability of vital defence equipment. This is a role with real purpose ensuring weapon systems are operational, maintained to the highest standard, and ready when needed. Your work will help support national security, strengthen our customer capability, and play a crucial role in training the next generation of defence personnel.
Day-to-day you’ll be required to:
- Inspect weapon systems and associated equipment to ensure they meet required standards.
- Maintain the armourer spares account, including ordering and stock control.
- Update the internal JAMES system with accurate maintenance information.
- Inspect and maintain armoury tools and test equipment.
- Maintain technical libraries for all weapons and associated equipment across the site.
This role is part time, 15 hours per week, working any 2 days per week or spread across 5 days (Monday to Friday). One‑day‑per‑week options are also available. Full‑time hours may be considered, with additional duties supporting the stores team. This role is onsite at Chatham.
Essential experience of the Armourer:
- Demonstrable experience in a similar armourer or weapons maintenance role.
Qualifications for the Armourer:
- Qualified Armourer Class 1 level or equivalent.
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 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.
Closing date: 10/02/2026
