Job Title: Mechanical Trainer
Location: Gosport, Hampshire
Compensation: £34, – £37, + 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 contribute to this vision as a Mechanical Trainer at our Gosport site.
The role
As a Mechanical Trainer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll deliver theoretical training course modules and supervise practical training in the Marine Mechanical Refrigeration Arena joining our team of trainers in this space. No prior training experience is required as this development is delivered on site by our Trainer Training Team giving you the skills to support our training delivery output, eventually achieving a Level 4 teaching qualification. We will look to develop you into the role utilising your experience and enthusiasm for engineering.
Day to day, you’ll deliver training in theoretical and practical technical training on Mechanical Refrigeration Engineering techniques, complex systems routines, maintenance, diagnostics and repair techniques.
1. Maintain and update training documentation as directed and to assist others as requested
2. Assess trainee course work and provide feedback on performance
3. Be responsible for the duty of care of trainees during the delivery of training
4. Carry out user level training equipment maintenance for which suitable qualifications and experience are held
This role is full time, working 37 hours per week and is based on site at Gosport.
Essential experience of the Mechanical Trainer:
5. Proven experience in a mechanical background
6. Confident in delivering training to a class of students, no previous teaching experience is required
7. PC Literate and willing to expand knowledge to use training support technology
Qualifications for the Mechanical Trainer:
8. Must hold a minimum Level 3 NVQ/C&G in a related Engineering discipline
9. Cat 1 Refrigeration Certificate is desirable
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
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What we offer:
10. Generous holiday allowance
11. Contributory pension scheme, with life assurance
12. Employee share scheme
13. Employee shopping savings portal
14. Payment of Professional Fees
15. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
16. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
17. ‘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.