Mechanical Operator

Job Title: Mechanical Operator

Location: RAF Coningsby (Full-time on site)

Salary: £36,443+ depending on skills and experience

Referral Scheme Bonus: £1000

Grade: AB03

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your Line Manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

What you’ll be doing:

Conducting maintenance, from stripping through to installation, and inspections on aircraft Mechanical assemblies, components, and installations during scheduled servicing, repairs, and upgrades, while ensuring all tasks are performed in accordance with design specifications and applicable technical documentation

Acting as a first signatory, enabling you to perform the duties of a qualified Operator

Confidently following approved maintenance instructions and schedules to carry out both planned and unplanned tasks

Reading and interpreting engineering drawings, completing necessary paperwork, and preparing work for inspection

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Completion of a relevant industry or military-equivalent apprenticeship/qualification (e.g., City & Guilds 2675 or 2661 in Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance), or equivalent, with recent experience in Fast Jet aircraft maintenance within a technical aviation environment

Proven knowledge and understanding of quality procedures, processes, specifications, and Approved Maintenance Organisation standards (MAOS MIL Pt145)

Knowledge of Depth Maintenance documentation.

Desirable:

Recent Fast Jet Experience

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Typhoon Maintenance Facility (TMF) team:

As a Mechanical Operator, you'll work side by side with the Royal Air Force (RAF), playing a crucial part in the maintenance, repair, and upgrade of the UK’s state-of-the-art Typhoon fighter jet fleet. This isn’t just a job, it’s your chance to be part of TyTAN (Typhoon Total Availability eNterprise), a strategic, long-term collaboration between BAE Systems, DE&S, and the RAF, focused on one clear mission: delivering unmatched operational output for the Typhoon Force.

You’ll be immersed in hands-on work with cutting-edge aerospace technology, supporting one of the world’s most advanced Fast Jet platforms. Every day, you’ll collaborate with expert RAF personnel and industry professionals to keep the Typhoon flying at peak performance.

If you're ready to make a real impact, contribute to UK national defence, and grow your career in a dynamic, future-facing environment, we want to hear from you.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 16th December 2025