Driver and Ground Handler

Job Title:                     Driver and Ground Handler

Location:                     Belfast, County Antrim

Compensation:           £30,043.43 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF73602

 

Supporting safe and reliable military flying operations

 

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 and Ground Handler based at Aldergrove Flying Station, supporting the UK Military Air LAFT 2 contract.

This is a hands‑on, safety‑critical role at the heart of daily flying activity, ensuring aircraft, vehicles and ground support operations are delivered safely, compliantly and on time.

 

The role

As a Driver and Ground Handler, you’ll support airside and flight‑line operations, working as part of a close‑knit operational team. You’ll be involved in aircraft ground handling, vehicle operations and routine checks that help maintain operational readiness and customer confidence.

 

Day-to-day, you will:

 

• Carry out aircraft see‑in and see‑off procedures on the airfield
• Drive and operate a range of general and specialist vehicles
• Refuel aircraft and undertake oil replenishment tasks
• Complete daily checks and minor scheduled maintenance on Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
• Support the safe movement of personnel, vehicles and equipment across the site.

 

This is a full‑time, onsite role, working 40 hours per week on four 10‑hour shifts, usually Monday to Friday, with potential weekend working.

 

Essential experience of the Driver and Ground Handler:

• A team‑focused approach with strong communication skills
• Ability to work safely in a regulated or operational environment
• Willingness to follow procedures and maintain high safety standards.

 

Qualifications for the Driver and Ground Handler:

Full, clean UK driving licence (essential)

 

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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: 25/05/2026

 

 

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