Manoeuvring Room and Marine Engineering Instructor

Job Title:                Training Instructor Marine Engineering
Location:                Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation:      £47,000 to £59,500 Depending on Category A, or B Qualification
Role Type:              Full time / Permanent
Role ID:                  SF61322
 
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Training Instructor Marine Engineering at our Clyde, Faslane site.
 
The role
As a Training Instructor Marine Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be providing specialist engineering and nuclear expertise to the training design process. You will also have the opportunity to support the development of the recently established Babcock Skills business, which provides a wide range of engineering training courses.
 
Day to day you’ll collaborate with our Astute-class Training Service team to help train the current and next generation of Submarine Service engineering professionals. This will involve:

• Deliver classroom and simulator based training to Nuclear Propulsion Plant Operators and Marine Engineering Equipment Maintainers
• Collaborating with the training design team to update the courseware based on technical changes and identifying the impact of those changes
• Providing SME support to evaluate technical data and notifications of change on existing Marine Engineering and Nuclear Steam Raising Plant courseware
• Delivering additional training (Confined Space, Working at Height, etc.) to students outside the ACTS program, ensuring it meets prescribed quality and cost standards
• Supporting the routine review and revision of the courseware. 

 
This role is full time working 37 hours per week and will be based on site at HMNB Clyde, near Helensburgh.
 
Essential experience of the Training Instructor:

• Comprehensive knowledge of Naval Nuclear Steam Raising Plant operation 
• Recent experience in this field with both up-to-date knowledge and hands-on practical skills
• Comfortable working both collaboratively and autonomously
• Be an engaging communicator with the ability to capture audience attention and deliver information effectively.

 
Qualifications for the Training Instructor:

• Royal Navy Submarine Service: Category A or B Watchkeeping Qualification

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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 (www.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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.

Closing date: 06/01/2025