Workshop Instructor

Job Title:                      Workshop Instructor

Location:                      Chippenham, Wiltshire

Compensation:            £37,111 - £39,679 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type:                    Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                         SF69647

Help develop the next generation of skilled technicians

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

The role

Ready to take your career in a new direction? At Babcock, we value the deep expertise that comes from hands on experience and we offer a unique opportunity to channel that knowledge into a rewarding new path. In this training role, you’ll use your technical background to deliver high quality instruction, develop and update course materials, and support learners as they build the skills needed to work confidently across a range of military equipment. You’ll assess trainee progress through written and practical evaluations, provide constructive feedback, and help guide their development through coaching, mentoring, and targeted interventions. If you’re looking to make a meaningful impact while expanding your own skills in a professional training environment, this could be the ideal next step.

Day to day you’ll be required to:

• Prepare and deliver Workshop training modules including lesson planning and creation of teaching materials
• Deliver engaging training using technology enhanced learning where appropriate
• Assess trainee progress through written exams, practical assessments and ongoing evaluation
• Supervise trainees, maintain safe working practices and support learner development through coaching and guidance
• Maintain accurate learner records, documentation and audit ready files in line with MOD and Babcock requirements

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 Instructor:

• Experience of CNC machining, turning and milling
• Proven experience in a relevant working environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Outlook packages (Computer literate).

Qualifications for the Workshop Instructor:

• A manufacturing related apprenticeship and/or qualification to a recognised Level 3. Preferably in CNC machining, turning and/or milling.

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).

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 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

Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance. 

We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 30/06/2026

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