Workshop Instructor

Location: Swindon, Wiltshire

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the next generation of military engineers. At Babcock, we are working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Workshop Instructor at MOD Lyneham, near Chippenham, Wiltshire.

The role:

• As a Workshop Instructor, you’ll play a key role in delivering hands‑on engineering training to military students at the Defence School of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering.
• Working as part of a highly skilled and supportive team, you’ll help learners develop essential technical skills that form the foundation of their careers in the Armed Forces.
• This is a highly rewarding opportunity to use your engineering expertise to make a real difference while benefiting from excellent work‑life balance and job satisfaction.

Day‑to‑day responsibilities:

• Delivering practical workshop training in core engineering skills such as fitting, drilling, and grinding.
• Preparing and developing engaging teaching and learning materials to support course delivery.
• Supporting and guiding students throughout their training to ensure successful outcomes.
• Assessing learner progress and providing constructive feedback.
• Maintaining a safe and effective learning environment within the workshop.

This role is full time and based on site at MOD Lyneham, working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Essential experience of the Workshop Instructor:

• Using measuring and calibration tools such as gauge blocks and slip gauges.
• Manufacturing and fabricating to engineering drawings.
• Strong craft and technical abilities.

Qualifications for the Workshop Instructor:

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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 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 organization or registered charity.

EEO Statement:

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 are committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone is free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 26/06/2026