Careers at David Brown Defence

Take your career into top gear

With over a century of engineering excellence behind us, we're proud to be shaping the next generation of talent through hands-on experience, mentorship and innovation. Whether you are just starting out or looking to take the next step in your career, you'll be part of a team that powers some of the world's most critical defence infrastructure in military vehicles and maritime vessels.

We invest in our people, creating an exciting environment to develop your skills and career

Career & Development Opportunities

Whether you are joining as an apprentice, a graduate or taking the next step in your career journey, we will support you in developing your career at every step of the way. We are proud to see our people develop and regularly promote internally.
Competitive Salary and Benefits

We regularly perform industry benchmarking exercises to ensure we are providing the most competitive salary and benefit packages, to offer an attractive benefits package tailored to your role.
Retirement Saving Schemes

We know the importance of saving for your retirement years. That’s why we offer workplace pension schemes suitable to each individual employee and in line with local legislation.
Internal & External Training available

We have an extensive training programme at David Brown Santasalo, from in depth product and service training, to legal, ethics and compliance training through our proprietary Gear Academy programme. We regularly sponsor external training courses for our employees to make sure we provide you with all the tools you need to perform your role with us to highest standard.
Employee Wellbeing & Mental Health commitment

Our people are our most important asset. Supporting the wellbeing and mental health of our employees is at the heart of our core values. With appointed and fully trained Mental Health Champions at each of our global locations and an Employee Assistance programme available for impartial advice and support 24/7 to ensure our people feel fully supported and valued at all times.
Employee Engagement & Culture

We value our people and their engagement and input into building the future of our business is at the heart of what we do. With regular employee engagement surveys on important topics from how we are performing as an employer through to environmental matters. We know the importance of getting an insight into how our people feel, their feedback and sharing ideas.

Starting your career with David Brown Defence

There are many great ways to begin your time with one of the world’s leading mechanical power transmission providers. From our Apprenticeship Schemes and Graduate Programmes to Internships, and regular new career vacancies. There are so many fantastic opportunities and ways to join us.

We are a thriving business and regularly have new opportunities right across the many departments that make us who we are. So, wherever you are on your career path, there has never been a better time to join David Brown Defence.