Facilities Maintenance Engineer

Job Title: Facilities Maintenance Engineer

Location: Walsall West Midlands

Compensation: From 30000 DOE plus overtime available Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76015

Keep Critical Facilities Running. Help Create a Safe and Secure World.

At Babcock were working to create a safe and secure world together. If you join us you can play your part as a Facilities Maintenance Engineer at Walsall near Walsall West Midlands.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive and flexible team where no two days are the same. Youll play a vital role in maintaining the facilities and infrastructure that support important operational activities. Whether youre carrying out planned maintenance responding to breakdowns or helping improve site performance your work will make a real difference while developing your technical skills in a dynamic engineering environment.

The role

As a Facilities Maintenance Engineer youll provide operational facilities maintenance support across the site ensuring buildings equipment and infrastructure remain safe reliable and fit for purpose. This varied role offers the chance to combine electrical and facilities maintenance expertise while contributing to a business that helps support national defence and security.

Day-to-day youll be required to:

• Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance activities across site facilities and equipment.
• Respond to breakdowns fault-finding issues and ensuring systems are made safe and restored efficiently.
• Maintain tools equipment site assets grounds and housekeeping standards.
• Support contractors and stakeholders by coordinating activities and providing safe site access.
• Update maintenance records while following Health Safety and Environmental procedures and identifying improvement opportunities.

This role is full time 39 hours per week and is based at Walsall. Set working times are Monday to Thursday 7:00am to 4:00pm and Friday 7:00am to 12:00pm with flexibility available.

Essential experience of the Facilities Maintenance Engineer

• Previous facilities maintenance experience.
• Electrical maintenance experience.
• Basic Health and Safety awareness.
• Strong problem-solving and fault-finding capability.
• Good IT skills and willingness to learn business systems.

Qualifications for the Facilities Maintenance Engineer

• 18th Edition Qualified (C&G 2382-22) (desirable)
• Test and Inspection Qualified (C&G 2391) (desirable)

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and Non-Police Personnel Vetting (NPPV) 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 - ().

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 days paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
• Flexible working we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
• A dynamic working environment.

Babcock

Were Babcock a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29000 people working together to make a difference.

Here youll 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 were 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 with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement. Were committed to building an inclusive culture where everyones free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 09/10/2026