Job Title: Weapons Engineering Instructor
Location: Clyde, Helensburgh + Onsite
Compensation: Competitive + 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 Weapons Engineering Instructor at our Helensburgh site.
The role
As a Weapons Engineering Instructor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be essential in delivering training to Royal Navy personnel, ensuring they are competent and ready to operate and maintain weapon handling systems safely and effectively across submarine platforms.
Day-to-day, you’ll provide training delivery, subject matter expertise and assessment support to the Weapons Engineering team. You’ll also support continuous improvement and maintain technical compliance with Babcock’s safety and assurance standards.
1. Deliver classroom and simulator-based training to Royal Navy personnel, primarily focused on Astute Class submarines
2. Provide subject matter expertise in support of training design and review
3. Support governance through reporting, documentation, and assurance
4. Liaise with stakeholders and act as a technical point of contact for training queries
5. Maintain safe systems of work, ensuring compliance with internal and external policies
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based onsite at HMNB Clyde, Monday to Thursday (8:00–16:30) and Friday (8:00–13:00).
Essential experience of the Weapons Engineering Instructor
6. Sound knowledge of submarine Tactical Weapons Engineering systems.
7. Experience in Weapons Handling operations.
Qualifications for the Weapons Engineering Instructor
8. Qualified Weapons System Board – Competent User Level 3 (CU3) certification
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
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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.