Building an inclusive, diverse and resilient workforce
United by purpose and powered by people – the work we do matters. Our expertise, resilience, and diversity enable us to see the bigger picture, connect ideas, and deliver for our customers. We’re committed to cultivating an inclusive, equitable, and high-performing culture where every colleague can thrive. Because when we go together, we go far.
We’re dedicated to creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can reach their potential. Our employee networks are driving greater equality across the business, helping us to create a welcoming and rewarding place to work where everyone is encouraged to be their true self.
Gender balance helps us to attract and retain the best talent, with the target to have at least 30% women in the business by 2030. To accelerate progress, we are taking a number of actions including rolling out new policies and ways of working, refreshed recruitment processes, improved leadership development, enhanced mentoring programmes and career returners schemes along with training.
Read about how we’re making strong progress on our gender pay gap.
As a signatory to the Women in Defence UK Charter, we are dedicated to improving gender representation at all levels in the sector. Our role as a Pankhurst Partner allows us to actively support initiatives promoting diversity across the defence industry. Additionally, Babcock Australasia is a Platinum Sponsor of the Women in Defence Association (WiDA), furthering gender equity through programmes and events across the region.
Read about how we partner with Women in Defence UK to change the face of defence, together.
Recruiting, maintaining and developing the best talent is key to ensuring that we keep an excellent workforce with the capacity to meet our needs now, and in the future. With our early careers apprentices and graduates on programmes we support and empower young talent and give them the chance to work on some truly inspiring projects.
Learn more about our award-winning early careers programme.
Read about how we have created 1,500 UK early career roles to secure next generation of skills.
We are a proud partner to the armed forces community and support veterans and reservists.
Our Gold Award status in the Ministry of Defence’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme, held since 2015, reflects our active role in championing defence support and encouraging similar commitments across other organisations. In 2024, we received the ‘Employer of the Year’ award at the British Ex-Forces in Business Awards and ranked third in the Top 50 Great British Employers of Veterans.
Read about the commendation our Australian business received in recognition our support of the Defence Industry Pathway Programme to build a workforce and a pipeline of talent that is defence industry ready, as well as our commitment to equity and diversity in support of trainees as a Host Employer.
Skills and know-how to deliver for decades to come
We have a lot of opportunities ahead of us and are ensuring we have the workforce we need for now and in the future. We have introduced new approaches outside traditional routes, opening up opportunities to a broader range of people, as well as supporting existing employees to gain additional skills and retrain into new roles and careers by attracting people from a range of backgrounds and experience, including those not currently in education, employment or training and assessing people first on characteristics such as attitude and teamwork rather than qualifications, broadening our talent pool. Learn more about our approach to skills.
Watch the film to learn more about our award winning Production Support Operative programme
