Job Introduction
Landmarc Support Services is seeking a skilled Armourer to join our team at RAF Spadeadam. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining small arms and support weapons, ammunition and associated equipment within the Armoury, alongside performing additional maintenance duties. A background in Mechanical or Electrical maintenance would be advantageous, complementing your expertise as an Armourer. As a key part of the team, you will support the smooth running of our training estate, ensuring all equipment is in top condition.
Hours of work: 40 per week
Shifts: Monday – Sunday, 07:00 – 23:30 (late shifts occasional to support unit operations)
Contract: Permanent
Allowances: £1,127.50 per annum for weekend work
Location: RAF Spadeadam, Gilsland, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 7AT
Main Responsibility
- Maintain, repair, and safely store weapons and ammunition
- Manage the issue and receipt of all armoury items
- Safeguard private weapons and ammunition in the Armoury
- Maintain and inspect technical armoury equipment
- Support ATC (Air Training Corps) Armament parenting duties as needed
- Assist with additional tasks assigned by management
- Driving tasks including plant and machinery where required
The Ideal Candidate
- Understanding of Health & Safety regulations, including COSHH and risk assessments
- Excellent communication skills with customers and clients
- Work effectively in a dynamic, multi-tasking team environment
- Demonstrate basic caretaking and labouring skills as needed
- Confidently operate and maintain a range of tools and equipment
- Complete documentation accurately and efficiently
- Good understanding of manual handling and safe working practices
- Possess basic IT skills for logging and reporting tasks
Essential Criteria
- Level 3 qualification (City and Guilds, ONC, NVQ, or equivalent) with practical experience in this specialism
- Qualified to maintain and repair all service weapons to a high standard
- Solid understanding of safe storage and handling of explosives
- Knowledge of Explosive Safety Area Management
- Applicants must hold a full valid UK driving licence to carry out the duties of this role
- Ability to achieve SC Security Clearance
Package Description
Landmarc will provide you with a competitive salary; in addition to this, we also offer the following main benefits, amongst many others:
Pension
Landmarc offers all employees an opportunity to join our company stakeholder pension scheme, whereby the company will contribute up to 8% of the employee’s salary.
Holiday
Employees are entitled to 25 days’ pro rata during each year of employment plus public holidays. Three extra discretionary days added to our annual leave allowances at Christmas.
Annual leave allowance will increase in recognition of your continued service.
Holiday purchase – purchase up to 10 more days’ holiday to use throughout the year.
Other benefits
Edenred – employee savings scheme
Annual salary review, in consultation with the recognised Trade Unions
Life assurance insured for three times your annual salary, to help the loved ones
Reimbursement of professional fees and on-going training
Health Cash Plan – All employees can join. You can also add up to four children under the age of 24 to your policy
Family friendly policy
Sick pay - After 6 months of service
* Application updates may be sent to you via email, please ensure you check your emails regularly. Please note some emails may arrive in your junk mail folder
About the Company
Landmarc provides the support services that enable Armed Forces from around the world to prepare for frontline military operations across the UK Defence Training Estate (DTE). This includes maintaining and delivering safe and sustainable infrastructure, managing and operating training areas and ranges and delivering multi-million pound projects to improve vital training assets.
By joining Landmarc you will be supporting our vision to provide the best training experience we can for our Armed Forces. We are the first and only Special Purpose Vehicle to be contracted by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) as their Industry Partner on the UK Defence Training Estate and the only company that is solely dedicated to the UK DTE, delivering essential support services since 2003.