Altimeter Bay Technician
Location: RAF Brize Norton
Salary: £34,588 plus excellent benefits
Schedule: Full time, Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week
Ready to impact a better future?
As an Altimeter Bay Technician at RAF Brize Norton, you will make a real and
visible impact on day‑to‑day operations by ensuring vital aviation equipment is
maintained, ready, and fit for purpose. Your contribution helps support
operational effectiveness and the systems that are critical to mission delivery
and ongoing airworthiness.
In this role, you’ll work in a small team and balance hands-on technical
delivery with knowledge sharing and help to maintain high standards across
calibration, altimeter maintenance and awareness training. It’s a role with real
purpose, where precision, trust and care come together to create a positive
impact on operational capability.
What you’ll do as an Altimeter Bay Technician
You’ll be entrusted to:
• Control, test and calibrate equipment in line with MoD policies
• Maintain, service and manage altimeters, ensuring accurate records are kept
• Deliver Precision Termination Tooling (PTT) and Electrical Wiring
Interconnect Systems (EWIS) awareness training
• Ensure all work is correctly certified, recorded and retained to meet
statutory, quality and audit requirements
Does this sound like you?
You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:
• An engineering, aviation or avionics qualification such as BTEC, ONC, NVQ or
military equivalent
• Confidence using Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and Word
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to deliver
awareness training and briefings
Vetting and checks:
This role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance, which
involves verifying your identity, employment history, nationality, and criminal
record to meet government security standards. In addition, depending on the
nature of the role, you may need to obtain formal Security Clearance (such as
CTC or SC), which includes more detailed background checks on employment,
criminal record, and financial history to ensure suitability for working in
secure environments. Please note that UK residency requirements may apply for
certain levels of clearance. You will also complete an Occupational Health
Questionnaire so we can identify and provide any support you may need to
undertake the role effectively.
Discover all you need to keep growing
We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence
you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to
help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on
internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and
the support and tools to help you seize them.
What we offer
• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for
qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on
internal progression
• Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine,
wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a
virtual GP service
• Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to
days out, entertainment and travel
• Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll
Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People
Fund Charity
• Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing
spaces for collaboration, learning and belonging. They represent and empower
all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers,
people with disabilities, veterans and people from all cultural backgrounds.
Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.
A little bit
about us:
At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services
that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence,
Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re
united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on.
Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride, our people make
meaningful impact, every single day.
Our inclusive recruitment commitment:
We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, the
Top Great British Employer of Veterans 2026, and a Gold Inclusive Employer
Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and
hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout
recruitment and employment.
• Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and
people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an
interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
• Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal
convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security
exemptions).
For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.
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