Babcock International Group

Babcock is a significant employer and a key driver of the UK economy.

Babcock delivers critical and vital aviation services globally. Providing fixed and rotary-wing technical training for UK armed forces, equipment support, airbase management, and operation of owned and customer owned aircraft fleets. We have a long and proud history providing aerial emergency services, search and rescue, oil and gas industry aviation – delivering over 200,000 flying hours each year. We have been supporting UK defence aviation for over 100 years. Operating at the heart of UK military flying training, delivering bespoke integrated aviation services, we now also work alongside the French Air Force. Babcock’s proven expertise and unwavering focus on safe, efficient delivery means we are a trusted name in defence and civilian aerospace.

We work across all our markets and sectors in the UK. Headquartered in London and with dockyards, specialist training facilities, equipment testing centres and research and development facilities and offices across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Making a positive contribution to the communities in which we operate..

A report by Oxford Economics into Babcock’s social and economic contribution to the UK highlights our critical role in the UK defence sector and how we support the levelling up agenda across the UK by investing and supporting employment in the most deprived areas. The report also finds that in the 2021/22 financial year, Babcock contributed £3.3bn in GDP to the UK economy and £770 million in tax revenues. Key findings:

• 264 graduates and 985 apprentices in training schemes
• 30,000 students engaged through STEM outreach activities.
• £337m spent with 2,220 SME suppliers.
• £290m spent with suppliers in areas classified as a “high priority” for the government’s Levelling Up Fund.
• 1,660 people directly employed and £230m spent with 1,070 suppliers in the 20% most deprived local authority areas in the UK.

What you do at Babcock matters

In a world of significant geopolitical instability, national security has never been more important and defence and energy requirements have never been more complex to deliver.

At Babcock you’ll ensure that critical services and assets are readily available, affordable and capable for our defence and civil customers across the world. Be involved in programmes, projects and innovations that solve global and vital problems quickly, in a company where your 26,000 committed colleagues all believe that what we do matters.

Wherever you join us globally, as a principles-driven organisation you’ll do that in inclusive teams that share common this purpose, and where you’ll receive all the support you need to deliver and thrive in your career at Babcock.

Join us and we can start creating a safe and secure world, together. Find out more about who we are and more about the fantastic people who work here and their varied jobs and backgrounds.