Job Title: Mechanical Trainer
Location: Lyneham, Wiltshire
Compensation: £42, £45,881.55 Dependent on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF68784
Design training that shapes the future of defence technical education.
At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Mechanical Trainer at our site in MOD Lyneham, near Wiltshire.
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. As a Mechanical Trainer, you'll step away from the tools and into a role where you'll create, develop, and maintain high-quality automotive training courses that meet Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT) standards. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact while growing your own career, this could be the perfect next step.
Day-to-day you'll be required to:
Design and update course materials, assessments, and training packages in line with client objectives
Collaborate with instructors to deliver pilot courses and refine content
Ensure compliance with health, safety, and quality standards in training environments
Support continuous improvement by researching new subjects and developing innovative training aids
Review existing training for improvements and integrate modern learning technologies
The role is based onsite at MOD Lyneham. The set working times are Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week.
Essential experience of the Mechanical Trainer:
Ability to research new subjects and design new materials for précis, assessments, and projects
Capability to carry out personal development to keep abreast of changes in technology
Qualifications for the Mechanical Trainer:
HNC/HND Qualification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
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 )
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 share scheme
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
Growth opportunities
Potential to develop skills
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 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: 19/02/2026