• In addition to its considerable Defence support services, Babcock also provides mission-critical helicopter support for a range of services including Emergency Medical, Search and Rescue, surveillance operations, law enforcement, aerial work and Marine Pilot Transfer. Credit: Babcock Australasia
    In addition to its considerable Defence support services, Babcock also provides mission-critical helicopter support for a range of services including Emergency Medical, Search and Rescue, surveillance operations, law enforcement, aerial work and Marine Pilot Transfer. Credit: Babcock Australasia
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Babcock International Group has announced it will establish its Australasian headquarters in Adelaide with the relocation of its Mission Critical Services and Offshore Services businesses to South Australia as part of the company’s aggressive regional growth strategy. 

Babcock’s aviation businesses, Babcock Mission Critical Services Australasia and Babcock Offshore Services Australasia, will formally become part of an existing Adelaide based management team at a new site in the Adelaide Central Business District under an agreement with the SA Government.

The global engineering support services company employs over 700 staff in Australia and New Zealand.  


 

"It expands our existing presence here and centralises our helicopter operations in Australia."

 


Babcock Australasia CEO Craig Lockhart said the new headquarters would bring together disparate parts of the company’s regional business and was a key step in its strategic growth plan for the next decade.

“South Australia was the logical choice for our new Australasian headquarters, and the Babcock Mission Critical Services base, because it expands our existing presence here and centralises our helicopter operations in Australia,” Lockhart said.  

The SA Government will draw on a $2.5 million grant from its Economic Investment Fund and Investment Attraction South Australia on the understanding Babcock will reinvest the funds into the State through the purchase of local goods and services, including premises fit outs, recruitment, IT, consulting, training and induction.

Lockhart said building a strategic base in Adelaide would open the way for significant employment opportunities for South Australians.

“We can see that there’s a great pool of talent in South Australia, particularly in engineering, and there are promising synergies with the significant and growing defence industry,” he said.

“We appreciate the support of the State Government and Investment Attraction South Australia in helping us to consolidate and expand our operations in Adelaide.”

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