Air Traffic Control Trainer

Location: Shrewsbury, GB, SY4 4DZ

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Compensation: £30,500.00

Role Type: Full time / 52 Weeks Fixed Term Contract

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Air Traffic Control Trainer at our RAF Shawbury site.

The role:

As an Air Traffic Control Trainer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Training ab-initio Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and Foreign & Commonwealth military trainees for Terminal ATC duties using the classroom and simulator facilities provided.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Providing Mentoring and coaching to the students
• Producing written reports with associated gradings and narratives to reflect the trainees’ performances
• Providing training to the standard required by the Officer Commanding Air Traffic Control Training Squadron
• Acting in accordance with the RAF Shawbury Supervisory Care Directive
• Deliver performance coaching maintaining and contributing to a positive learning environment which develops the confidence of all trainees

This role is full time and based onsite at RAF Shawbury. This role is a 52-week contract role.

Essential experience of the Air Traffic Control Trainer:

• You will need previous military Terminal controlling experience
• You will need to have previously provided training in accordance with the DCASO (Defence College of Air and Space Operations) Training Quality Manual
• Recent experience of providing Terminal Air Traffic Services in UK airspace under the Military Aviation Authority 3000 Series Regulations
• Recent trainer experience in an ATC training environment that is deemed acceptable to the customer

Qualifications for the Air Traffic Control Trainer:

• Qualified in accordance with JSP 822
• The successful candidate must be able to pass the JTc (JATCC Trainers course- Joint Air Traffic controllers course)

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.

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
• ‘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.

Closing date: 11/06/2025