Job Title: Technical Training Instructor
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
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 Technical Training Instructor at our Clyde, Faslane site.
The Role
As a Technical Training Instructor, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You’ll be responsible for designing, delivering, and maintaining high-quality training for both internal and external customers. You’ll also support the development and accuracy of technical publications, and work with engineering teams to report and track faults, ensuring timely resolution and clear documentation.
In this role, you’ll collaborate with Product Development, Operations, and Service Management to gather essential information for training materials. You’ll attend meetings on behalf of the Training Manager, identifying any training-related risks or implications to ensure training remains effective and aligned with business needs.
Your responsibilities will also include:
1. Managing key and cryptographic material, including maintaining accurate running accounts
2. Developing training courses for new equipment and services delivered by Team Aurora, ensuring DSAT process compliance
3. Creating and maintaining high-quality training for both internal and external customers
4. Conducting Training Needs Analysis (TNA) to identify the most practical and cost-effective training solutions
5. Complying with applicable QHSE, Fire, Human Resources, and Security policies
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at HMNB Clyde, near Helensburgh.
Essential Experience of the Technical Training Instructor
6. Good communication skills.
7. Be able to work proactively and flexibly within a small team.
8. A good understanding of Data Communications and RF Communication Techniques.
9. Experience of working alongside UK Military Customers.
Qualifications for the Technical Training Instructor
10. Must hold a relevant teaching qualification (e.g. PLLS or equivalent).
11. BTEC/OND /HNC in an Engineering Discipline ideally.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) 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
12. Generous holiday allowance
13. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
14. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
15. Employee share scheme
16. Employee shopping savings portal
17. Payment of Professional Fees
18. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
19. 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
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
21. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing