Technical Training Manager

Working Hours

Monday to Friday

Starting from £60,000

• Enhanced parental leave
• Eligibility for annual bonus scheme
• Access to an ECO (Employee Car Ownership scheme)
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 4x basic salary life assurance

Scania GB has an exciting opportunity for a Technical Training Manager to join the management team of our People Development department. You will take pride in being responsible for the strategy and delivery of bespoke Technical Training Programmes for multiple expertise across our business, including apprenticeships, technicians, parts and service. Overseeing a team of technical trainers, you will ensure that colleagues throughout the business receive the training they need to develop and continuously grow.

The successful candidate will have people management experience and will come from an automotive technical background with an excellent working knowledge of the automotive industry and current training methodology.

This role will be based at our new state of the art learning Academy in Milton Keynes from September 2026 with interim travel to Loughborough (current Academy) until the move.

• Define and deliver the technical training roadmap aligned to vehicle parc, new technologies, and business priorities
• Identify capability gaps and translate into structured learning programmes
• Main point of contact for all senior stakeholders in term pf planning training requirements and tracking.
• Management of Customer Training and specialist training initiatives.
• Own end-to-end delivery of technical training across Academy, field, and network
• Ensure consistent standards and quality across all delivery methods

• Collaborate with the wider People Development team to assess the effectiveness of training programmes and implement improvements, based on feedback and performance evaluations.
• Partner with Technical, Network Development, and Branch Operations teams
• Act as key interface between SMEs, trainers, and suppliers

• Oversee development and maintenance of technical learning content
• Ensure alignment to operational standards and compliance requirements

• Track KPIs linked to training effectiveness and competence
• Provide insight reporting to support decision making
  
  Manage external providers and internal trainer capability
• Drive innovation in delivery methods and systems
• Embed best practice across technical training

• Passionate – a genuine passion for Training and developing our colleagues, across the business.
• Ability to coach - the ability to encourage and coach professional growth.
• Team Player – understands the importance of a united team approach, and relishes the opportunity to share, learn and support.
• Clear communicator – clearly communicating with stakeholders, delegates, and the training team.
• Technical knowledge – a proven record of technical training, or experience and qualifications working as a technician – looking to make a move into training
• Experience with in a Technical Training Environment

16.07.26 – Depending on volume of applications, the closing date for this position is subject to change.