Air Traffic Controller
Location:
Peterborough, GB, PE8 6HB
Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite
Job Title: Air Traffic Controller
Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Compensation: £57,710.76
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65650
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 Air Traffic Controller at our RAF Wittering site.
The role
As an Air Traffic Controller, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Ensuring the integrity of the airfield is always maintained, that the movement area, equipment and surrounding areas are fully serviceable and support safe operations.
Day-to-day, you’ll ensure all legal, contract and business documentation in compiled correctly, Maintaining unit currency and competency in line with the Unit Competency Scheme, as well as:
- Support with duties that include Safety Management Systems, processes and improvements. Risk Assessments and adjustments. Hazards logs, safety surveys and the ongoing training of all staff in these disciplines.
- When qualified, carry out OJTI duties. Ensuring standards and training delivery meets the requirements in the Unit Training Plan.
- Perform duties as Duty Air Traffic Control Officer where required and carry out any other duties as required in support of the contract.
This role is full time and based onsite at RAF Wittering. Shift patterns and timings may change locally and if deployed to match the needs of the Customer; weekends are included.
Experience of the Air Traffic Controller:
- OJTI qualification. Previous Mentoring and training, mentoring new starters in this role.
- Met Observer’s certificate. Previous experience of acquiring and processing meteorological information, ensuring that meteorological data is updated accurately and provided within specified time limits.
Qualifications for the Air Traffic Controller:
- CAA UK Aerodrome Control Rating.
- ICAO English Language Proficiency Level 4 or above.
- Current UK Class 3 Medical Certificate.
- Full UK driving licence.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) 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: 31/07/2025
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