Workshop Technology Trainer

Location:
Lyneham, Swindon, GB, SN15 4PZ

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Workshop Technology Trainer

Location: Swindon, Wiltshire

Compensation: £36,277+ Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF64680

Shape the Future of Engineering Excellence

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Workshop Technology Trainer at MOD Lyneham, near Swindon, Wiltshire.

The role

As a Workshop Technology Trainer, you'll be at the heart of delivering hands-on technical education to the next generation of Army engineers. You'll join a team of passionate training professionals who use modern techniques and cutting-edge learning technologies to equip students with the skills they need to succeed in their chosen trade.

This is more than a teaching role; it's a chance to make a real impact on national defence and your own career development. You'll be part of a highly motivated team in a role that offers exceptional job satisfaction and a strong work-life balance.

Day-to-day you'll be:

• Delivering practical training in hand skills, bench fitting, cranes, and workshop technology.
• Creating engaging teaching materials using modern learning technologies and virtual platforms.
• Supporting students throughout their learning journey, offering guidance and mentorship.
• Assisting with course design, technical administration, and equipment management.
• Continuously reviewing and updating course content to reflect technological advancements.

The role is based onsite at MOD Lyneham, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 37 hours per week.

Essential experience of the Workshop Technology Trainer:

• Using measuring and calibration tools such as gauge blocks and slip gauges.
• Manufacturing and fabricating to engineering drawings.
• Skilled in hand tool fabrication.
• Strong craft and technical abilities.
• Experience in engineering bench fitting, milling, and turning.

Qualifications for the Workshop Technology Trainer:

• Minimum City & Guilds Part 3 or NVQ Level 3 in a relevant engineering discipline.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and Enhanced DBS + Child Barring Service (EDBSCBL) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK ).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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