Weapons Technician

**Weapons Technician**:

- Country/Region: Ne- City: Auckland- **Rare Opportunity**:

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- **Ongoing Career Development**

**About the role**

We are looking for a **Weapons Technician** to join our high performing, **Auckland** based team at our Birkenhead workshop.

In this role, you will perform weapon and equipment repairs and maintenance work in an efficient, safe, cost effective and quality-based manner. You will also provide technical advice to staff and customers as well as peak load support to other units as required.

**Role responsibilities will include**
- Installation, repair, overhaul and testing of all naval weaponry and ancillary equipment
- Diagnostics, testing and troubleshooting of all equipment
- Adhere to H&S, client and maintenance standards
- Interpret diagrams, construction drawings and specialist documentation
- Assist with deployment team preparations and planning; some remote work may be required.

**About you**

You will have extensive, hands-on experience working with weapons of all sizes. You will pride yourself on your attention to detail and ability to collaborate as well as lead from the front.You will hold a level 4 (or higher) certificate in Electro Technology, Electrical, Electronics or Mechanical or equivalent.

**Your future at Babcock - what we offer you**
- We provide an agile work environment where you’re able to work onsite and remotely, and to set you up for this we provide a laptop and working from home kit if required, in addition we offer a compressed week which can provide you even more flexibility;
- Our work life integration policy brings together leave entitlements which include annual leave, wellbeing leave, paid parental leave, defence reservist leave plus more;
- We will provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your career, supported by our capability framework plus ongoing access to self-led learning modules through LinkedIn Learning and access to study leave;
- You’ll have access to beRewarded which will provide you with endless discounts across retail, health, entertainment, travel and much more, plus novated leasing options and corporate shares plan;
- Your wellbeing is supported through our online wellbeing program Munch, Mind, Move, Money, access to our employee assistance program plus you can access two days annually from your personal leave as wellbeing days;
- You’ll be able to participate in our weRecognise program which is an opportunity to recognise the outstanding work our people do each and every day in living our principles which are Be kind, Collaborate, Be Curious, Think Outcomes, Be Courageous and Own & Deliver

**Who we are**

Babcock International Group, the aerospace and defence company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly skilled engineering services for over a century.

Locally in New Zealand, we are actively growing our team to deliver some key projects for the defence and commercial sectors in Aotearoa. Our team of over 120 trades people work on the Devonport Naval Base in partnership with our customer, the Royal New Zealand Navy. As the Navy’s strategic maritime partner, we provide complete maintenance, repair and overhaul services to their entire Navy fleet. We also undertake ship conversions, life extensions, retrofits and major repairs, in both the dry-dock and in the water, for our customers. Based at our Kauri Point site, this role will be integral to our ability to deliver our objectives to the customer.

To provide you some regional context, some of the programs our team are proud to be a part of involve:

- Providing emergency medical and search & rescue aviation services through our Aviation & Critical Services business;
- Designing and supporting key systems for submarines and surface ships through our Marine business;
- Providing fleet wide through life support and asset management services for Navy customers;
- Managing critical assets for a range of sectors through our Land Business.

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