Vehicle Technician in Swindon

Location: Swindon, Wiltshire

Compensation: £37,111 - £39,679 Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

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.

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. In this training role, you’ll use your technical background to deliver high‑quality instruction, develop and update course materials, and support learners as they build the skills needed to work confidently across a range of military vehicles and equipment. You’ll assess trainee progress through written and practical evaluations, provide constructive feedback, and help guide their development through coaching, mentoring, and targeted interventions. If you’re looking to make a meaningful impact while expanding your own skills in a professional training environment, this could be the ideal next step.

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.
• Collaborate with colleagues to continuously improve training delivery and outcomes.
• Maintain your own professional development and ensure training content remains current and relevant.
• Monitor and support trainee development, providing feedback and remedial training where needed.
• Prepare lesson plans, training aids, and assessments to support course delivery.

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:

• 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:

• 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.

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 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.

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 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: 23/02/2026