Workshop Trainer

Job Title:                     Workshop Trainer

Location:                     Swindon, Wiltshire

Compensation:           £37,111 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF71857

Guide the next generation of military engineers and shape the future of technical training.

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 Trainer at MOD Lyneham, near Swindon, Wiltshire.

The role

As a Workshop Trainer, you’ll be joining a highly skilled and motivated team delivering practical training to Army students at all levels. You will play a key role in providing the essential skills, knowledge and confidence trainees need to succeed in their chosen engineering trade — all within a supportive environment that offers excellent work–life balance.

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Delivering practical workshop training in hand skills, bench fitting, cranes and workshop technology.
• Creating and preparing engaging learning materials using modern techniques, including digital and technology‑enhanced learning.
• Supporting and guiding trainees through their learning journey, providing feedback and coaching.
• Assisting with course administration, design processes and equipment management.
• Reviewing and updating training content to keep pace with evolving technology and equipment.

This is a full‑time role, working 37 hours per week and is based on site at MOD Lyneham, Wiltshire.

Essential experience of the Workshop Trainer:

• Skilled in the use of precision measuring equipment and calibration tools (e.g., gauge blocks, slip gauges).
• Ability to manufacture or fabricate to engineering drawings.
• Hands‑on fabrication skills using workshop hand tools.
• Strong craft/technical skills with experience in engineering bench fitting, milling and turning.

Qualifications for the Workshop Trainer:

Minimum City & Guilds Part 3 or above, or NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) / Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (EDBS) 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: 04/03/2026

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