Altimeter Bay Technician

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.