Job Title: Workshop Trainer
Location: Lyneham, Wiltshire
Compensation: £37, - £39,+ Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
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 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. No prior training experience required as we will look to develop you into the role.
Day-to-day you’ll be:
• Delivering practical training in hand skills and workshop technology.
• Supporting students throughout their learning journey, offering guidance and mentorship.
• 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 Trainer:
• Using measuring and calibration tools such as gauge blocks and slip gauges.
• Manufacturing and fabricating to engineering drawings.
• Strong craft and technical abilities.
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
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
What we offer
1. Generous holiday allowance
2. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
3. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
4. Employee share scheme
5. Employee shopping savings portal
6. Payment of Professional Fees
7. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
8. 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.
9. ‘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
10. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.