Job Title: Vehicle Technician Trainer
Location: Swindon, Wiltshire
Compensation: £36,277 - £38,787 Dependent on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55187
Inspire the Next Generation of Military Engineers
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Vehicle Technician Trainer at MOD Lyneham, near Chippenham, Wiltshire.
The role
As a Vehicle Technician Trainer, you’ll be part of a highly skilled team delivering world-class training to Army personnel. This is more than just a teaching role — it’s your opportunity to shape the future of military engineering by sharing your technical expertise and passion for vehicles with the next generation of technicians.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
- Deliver engaging, hands-on training to military students using modern teaching methods and pre-set course materials.
- Prepare lesson plans, training aids, and assessments to support course delivery.
- Monitor and support trainee development, providing feedback and remedial training where needed.
- Maintain your own professional development and ensure training content remains current and relevant.
- Collaborate with colleagues to continuously improve training delivery and outcomes.
You'll be working full-time, Monday to Friday (37 hours per week), based on site at MOD Lyneham, approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Chippenham and 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Swindon.
Essential experience of the Vehicle Technician Trainer:
- Strong workshop experience with diagnostic skills in light vehicles or HGVs.
- Understanding of military vehicles or environments (desirable but not essential).
- Confident communicator with a passion for mentoring and developing others.
- IT literate, with working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Enthusiastic and articulate, with a proactive approach to learning and teaching.
Qualifications for the Vehicle Technician Trainer:
- Minimum NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Vehicle Maintenance or Engineering (e.g., City & Guilds Part 3, Apprenticeship, or military equivalent such as Class 1 REME Vehicle Mechanic).
- Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training (or willingness to achieve this as part of the role).
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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 (www.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
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.