Technical Trainer; PBV

Kia UK is a leading automotive brand offering one of the industry’s largest range of models across multiple vehicle segments and was the third most popular UK car brand in 2025. With 190 Kia Dealers across the country, Kia is now widely known for its advanced electrified products offering the technology of tomorrow, today. Spearheading this charge are award-winning products including the fully electric EV6 – Kia’s first dedicated electric vehicle, the 2024 World Car of the Year the EV9 and the electric compact SUV and World Car of the Year 2025 the EV3.

Welcome to Kia UK!

Kia UK is a leading automotive brand offering one of the industry’s largest range of models across multiple vehicle segments and was the third most popular UK car brand in 2025. With 190 Kia Dealers across the country, Kia is now widely known for its advanced electrified products offering the technology of tomorrow, today. Spearheading this charge are award-winning products including the fully electric EV6 – Kia’s first dedicated electric vehicle, the 2024 World Car of the Year the EV9 and the electric compact SUV and World Car of the Year 2025 the EV3.

Kia UK has consistently grown for over 30 years, supported by bold design, quality products and ever-evolving customer service. By 2027, the brand aims to offer no less than nine fully electric vehicles in the UK, a positive step towards becoming a leading global sustainable mobility solutions provider.

People are central to Kia UK and every day is an opportunity to learn something new and to grow personally and professionally. This was recognised with Kia UK named as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2024, 2025 and 2026 by Great Place To Work®, and also ranked in the 2025 & 2026 Best Workplaces™ for Women, Development, Wellbeing, and Manufacturing, Production & Transportation.

Kia employees reported positively on areas such as working atmosphere, trust in management, corporate strategy, pride in working for the company, benefits, facilities and much more!

This is a newly created role, offering the successful candidate the opportunity to shape the way we plan and deliver technical training, supporting Kia UK's growing PBV and fleet ambitions. They will work closely with the existing Technical Trainers and the Technical Training Manager to provide industry leading levels of Technical Training to our PBV Centres and fleet partners at our dedicated training centre in Derby.

This role will suit someone who is an experienced Technical Trainer that can provide safe and appropriate delivery of the latest high voltage training on Kia vehicles, ensuring they are qualified and competent to a higher level than technicians being trained.

• Collaborate with the team to coordinate the creation and delivery of new course content and assets defining delivery method/technology (IBT, VCT, e-learning, video, animation etc.,) using instructional learning principles (and tools including Adobe InDesign, MS PowerPoint, Word and Excel) as agreed with the Technical Training Manager and Assistant Manager.
• Keep up to date with current training practices and develop new initiatives for the provision of dealer technical training including online training options such as VCT, smart glasses, eLearning, videos, AR/VR.
• Maintain a high degree of awareness of all current technical issues and bulletins published on GSW (Global Service Way).
• Deliver internal technical/product knowledge training as required.
• Deliver technical/product knowledge training to fleet operators at the Academy and fleet workshops.
• Understand the complexity and dangers linked to live working on High Voltage vehicles and level 4 technical trainers’ level of responsibility. Additional H&S requirement…