Job Title: Vehicle Technician Trainer
Location: Swindon, Wiltshire
Compensation: £34, - £37, Dependent on Experience
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
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 Vehicle Technician Trainer at the Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT) based at MOD Lyneham.
Previous training experience is ideal, however, if you can bring your technical skills then we would like to hear from you. We will support your career development and Teacher Training certification, once in post.
The Role
As a Vehicle Technician Trainer, you'll have a role that is out of the ordinary. You'll join a team of talented training professionals who deliver technical courses to military students of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME).
The Army boasts many types of vehicles, from tanks and quad bikes to HGVs and Land Rovers. Keeping them in good working order is the responsibility of the Vehicle Mechanics; the technical training our students receive at REME gives them the knowledge and confidence to tackle any engineering problem, enabling them to keep our vehicles on the road - even in extreme conditions.
Day-to-day, you'll be delivering vehicle maintenance / technical training in line with curriculum requirements:
1. Preparing and delivering instruction on course modules, including lesson plans, training aids, workbooks and trainee handouts
2. Carrying out the assessment of trainees, to include creation of written examinations and practical assessments
3. Setting and marking of coursework/homework; marking exam papers and invigilating at examinations/assessments
4. Ensuring student development through monitoring, feedback appraisal, discipline and training interventions
5. Ensuring all records and supporting documentation are updated, maintained and filed correctly,
6. Focusing on Health and Safety and maintaining a safe working environment at all times
This role is full-time and based on-site at MOD Lyneham in Wiltshire.
Essential experience of the Vehicle Technician Trainer:
7. Vehicle Technician background
8. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
9. Ability to motivate and encourage others with empathy and patience
10. Knowledge of a military environment and equipment (desirable)
11. Knowledge of the REME trade structure and operational requirements (desirable)
12. Knowledge of JAMES (Joint Asset Management and Equipment Solutions) (desirable)
Qualifications for the Vehicle Technician Trainer:
A teaching qualification is desirable but not essential. Provided you can show the required level of technical experience and willingness to learn, then full training and funding will be provided to gain Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training during the probation period. Once gained the salary for this position will rise to £37,.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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 .
What we offer
13. Generous holiday allowance
14. Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
15. Employee share scheme
16. Employee shopping savings portal
17. Payment of Professional Fees
18. Reservists in the armed forces receive ten days special paid leave
19. 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
20. ‘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.