Job Title: Ship Control Instructor
Location: Faslane, Helensburgh
Compensation: £45,000 - £47,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF66565
Shape the Future of Submarine Operations
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Ship Control Instructor at HMNB Clyde, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.
The Role
As a Ship Control Instructor, you’ll be at the heart of delivering world-class training to Royal Navy personnel, helping shape the future of submarine operations. This is a unique opportunity to share your expertise in Astute-class submarine control systems and make a lasting impact on national defence. You’ll be part of a team that empowers others, enhances operational readiness, and contributes to the safety and security of the UK.
Day-to-day you’ll be:
• Delivering Astute-class ship control training in a specialised facility
• Liaising with training design teams to provide subject matter expertise
• Ensuring training meets prescribed standards, quality, and cost targets
• Reviewing and evaluating technical data and change notifications
• Supporting students with varying levels of experience
The role is based onsite at HMNB Clyde, and the set working times are 37 hours per week.
Experience required of the Ship Control Instructor:
• In-depth knowledge of ship control systems operations
• Experience managing submarine control rooms
• Background in the Royal Navy submarine service
• Previous training delivery experience (desirable)
• Recent Astute-class submarine experience (desirable)
Qualifications for the Ship Control Instructor:
• Warrant Officer or Senior Rating within the Royal Navy
• DTC / DTTT qualification (advantageous)
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. 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 the majority of 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
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: 10/03/2026
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