Job Title: Nuclear Training Instructor
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £43,935 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70485
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Nuclear Training Instructor at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Nuclear Training Instructor, you’ll have a role with real impact, helping to maintain the Royal Navy’s submarine capability and supporting national security. You’ll gain exposure to cutting‑edge defence projects while advancing your own expertise in adult learning and nuclear standards.
Day-to-day, you’ll deliver and develop training that builds nuclear safety competence across one of the UK’s most complex engineering environments.
- Deliver and facilitate nuclear safety training, from awareness sessions to advanced technical courses, for a diverse audience across the Devonport site
- Evaluate and enhance training content to meet quality standards and nuclear site licence conditions (LC10 and LC12)
- Collaborate with Learning and Development teams to maintain compliance and improve training outcomes
- Provide subject‑matter expertise for new course development aligned to the Defence Enterprise Nuclear Competency Framework
- Manage administration and reporting linked to training delivery and compliance
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience of the Nuclear Training Instructor
- Demonstrable experience delivering technical training, ideally within the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme
- Experience in course design, maintenance and evaluation
- Ability to engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels
- Strong team player who can also work independently
- Familiarity with compliance training requirements and regulations
Qualifications for the Nuclear Training Instructor
Essential:
- Level 3 Award in Education and Training (or equivalent)
Preferred:
- Experience within the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme
- Background in a highly regulated environment (nuclear, defence, aerospace)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) 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. 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.
Closing date: 21/01/2026
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