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With a passionate and skilful workforce, we’re always keen to take on new talent. We believe in helping individuals grow and we have an enviable reputation for developing and retaining our people.
Join us. Do something different. Save lives.
DOUBLED OUR HEADCOUNT OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS
28 APPRENTICES ACROSS THE BUSINESS
Advanced, Higher & Degree
289 TRAINING EVENTS COMPLETED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS
79.9% EMPLOYEES FEEL PROUD TO WORK HERE
34 YEAR IN INDUSTRY & GRADUATES
14.9% VACANCIES FILLED BY INTERNAL PROMOTIONS
DOUBLED OUR HEADCOUNT OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS
289 TRAINING EVENTS COMPLETED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS
34 YEAR IN INDUSTRY & GRADUATES
79.9% EMPLOYEES FEEL PROUD TO WORK HERE
14.9% VACANCIES FILLED BY INTERNAL PROMOTIONS
28 APPRENTICES ACROSS THE BUSINESS
Advanced, Higher & Degree
Our Benefits
Working for a family run, British engineering company
Competitive salary
9% non-contributory pension scheme
Life assurance (4x salary)
Healthcare Cash Plan – including reimbursements on dental, optical, physio and more, gym membership discounts, 24/7 online GP appointments, counselling, and much more
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Opportunity to purchase an additional week of leave each year
Lunchtime finish on a Friday
Subsidised canteen
Onsite car parking
Stories from Martin-Baker
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View our Martin-Baker America roles on their dedicated page.
Martin-Baker America was founded in 1986 and was originally located in North Virginia, but, in 2000, MB America relocated to a brand-new facility in Johnstown, PA. MB America manufactures and produces parts for ejection seats, mainly for the JSF programme for the F-35 aircraft, as well as crashworthy seats for helicopters.
Chalgrove
Martin-Baker has a manufacturing, support and testing facility at Chalgrove Airfield, Oxfordshire. This is where the countless iconic photographs are taken of our ejection tests out of our two Gloster Meteors at mid-range altitude.
All the pyrotechnics that go into a Martin-Baker ejection seat are manufactured here by a highly skilled and dedicated team.
Denham HQ
Our Denham headquarters are deeply rooted into the history of Martin-Baker as we’ve been at this site since 1929, back when the company was still designing and manufacturing aircraft. A lot has changed since 1929 – countless new buildings have been erected and we’re always expanding operations, but the rich history of the site can still be found throughout.
The Martin-Baker HQ is a hive of activity, with management of all aspects of the Company’s business being handled at this site, as well as design and development engineering, manufacturing and environmental testing.
Martin-Baker France
Created in 1959, the Société d’Exploitation des Matériels Martin-Baker (SEMMB) is 50/50 owned by Safran and Martin-Baker. To date, the Company has manufactured under licence more than 5,000 ejection seats fitted to French aircraft in more than 30 air forces around the world.
The seats have contributed in saving the lives of more than 600 pilots. SEMMB has three principal activities:
- Commerce of new seats (such as the MkF16F for the Rafale programme)
- Commerce of spare parts
- Maintenance and revision of seats in service
SEMMB is also committed to the Research and Development (R&D) of new products and the technical support of its products through:
- Publication of technical documentation
- Technical support on-site
- Training
- Certification of personnel and workshops
View our Martin-Baker America roles on their dedicated page.
Martin-Baker America was founded in 1986 and was originally located in North Virginia, but, in 2000, MB America relocated to a brand-new facility in Johnstown, PA. MB America manufactures and produces parts for ejection seats, mainly for the JSF programme for the F-35 aircraft, as well as crashworthy seats for helicopters.
EXPLOREDenham HQ
Our Denham headquarters are deeply rooted into the history of Martin-Baker as we’ve been at this site since 1929, back when the company was still designing and manufacturing aircraft. A lot has changed since 1929 – countless new buildings have been erected and we’re always expanding operations, but the rich history of the site can still be found throughout.
The Martin-Baker HQ is a hive of activity, with management of all aspects of the Company’s business being handled at this site, as well as design and development engineering, manufacturing and environmental testing.
EXPLOREChalgrove
Martin-Baker has a manufacturing, support and testing facility at Chalgrove Airfield, Oxfordshire. This is where the countless iconic photographs are taken of our ejection tests out of our two Gloster Meteors at mid-range altitude.
All the pyrotechnics that go into a Martin-Baker ejection seat are manufactured here by a highly skilled and dedicated team.
EXPLORE
Recruitment Process
If you have any questions regarding our recruitment process, view the information below to find your answers. If that doesn’t help, please contact recruitment@martin-baker.co.uk
- All our live vacancies are advertised on our careers portal, do your research around the roles we have available and apply to a role that you feel you will be best matched to.
- Don’t see a role for you? Then register your interest and sign up for alerts.
- You may be asked to complete a short application form and submit your CV for review.
- This will be reviewed and if appropriate sent on to the hiring team.
- You may be asked to complete some online testing, on-site testing or psychometric assessments.
- You will need to bring photographic ID to any interview.
- You may be invited along for an interview to meet the hiring team, where you will have an opportunity to discuss the role in detail.
- You may be required to attend more than one interview.
- Before any offer can be made you will need to complete a right to work check.
- Our recruitment team will discuss start dates with you.
- Any offer will contain an Offer Letter, Contract and other new starter paperwork which will require immediate attention and signing.
- We require all new employees to undertake the necessary security clearance required for the role.
- Passport
- BRP Card
- ARC Card
- Driving Licence
One of the following documents should be provided to prove your Right to Work:
- British Passport
- Irish Passport
- UK Birth Certificate & Proof of NI Number
- Irish Birth Certificate & Proof of NI Number
- Certificate of Registration or British Naturalisation & Proof of NI Number
- Share Code & Date of Birth
- Immigration Documents
- You will receive an email from Agenda Screening.
- There will be an application form to complete.
- You will need to provide five years of address history.
- A five-year employment check will be carried out. We will need a reference from all companies you have previously worked for.
- If you do not have a reference detail for some of your employment history due to business closures you will need to provide evidence that have worked there through P45/P60 documents or OCA41 statement through HMRC.
- If your employment has been confirmed with documents, we may ask you to provide details for a Character Reference. This must be someone you have known for a minimum of five years and be a person with a professional standing such as:
- Teacher
- Doctor
- Lawyer
- Police Officer
- Chartered Engineer or Accountant
- HR Professional
- Priest
- Director of a Company
- A Qualification Check will also be completed so you will need to provide proof of your highest qualification.
- If you have lived overseas in the last five years an overseas police check will be completed.
- If you are a recent graduate or School/College leaver we will need a reference to prove your attendance.
- An ID Check will also be completed and must be verified through an external app called YOTI.
