Training Manager

Job Title:
Training Manager

Location:
Bristol or Plymouth + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:
Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role

Shape the future of defence training and capability

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Training Manager at our Bristol or Plymouth site, near Bristol or Plymouth.

As a Training Manager, you’ll take the lead in shaping and delivering innovative training solutions that enhance defence readiness across land, air, maritime, and cyber domains. Working at the heart of our Mission Systems business, you’ll drive the analysis, design, and delivery of training programmes for cutting‑edge equipment and technologies.

This is a rare opportunity to influence how teams prepare for real‑world operations ensuring personnel are fully equipped, confident, and mission ready. You’ll collaborate with engineering teams, operational experts, and defence stakeholders, helping to translate complex technologies into impactful learning experiences while advancing your own career in a fast‑growing, high‑impact environment.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be required:

• Lead the training strategy and delivery plan for new equipment programmes. Manage training delivery schedules aligned with equipment roll‑out timelines across the engineering lifecycle. Support continuous improvement and lessons learned processes to provide assurance of the end‑to‑end training solution.
• Ensure compliance with defence standards, safety regulations, and operational procedures. Evaluate training effectiveness through performance metrics, feedback, and operational readiness measures.
• Oversee training documentation, manuals, and instructional materials through managing external training providers and internal instructors.
• Allocates appropriate resources to projects where there is a training line of activity. Identifying and communicating Technical Risk, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies and Opportunities (RAIDO) for assigned work packages linked to the Programme Level RAIDO. Developing estimates of engineering activity, duration and resource requirement.
• Leads the training input to the Mission Systems bidding process. Responsible for cross BU and Sector relationships for training.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements depending on business needs with days onsite and days working from home.

• Ability to produce high quality, comprehensive reports to articulate training outputs to senior stakeholders, with strong facilitation and learner engagement capabilities.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to apply evaluation methodologies (e.g. Kirkpatrick model), interpret data and drive decisions to demonstrate learning impact and continuous improvement.
• Ability to manage training projects from concept to delivery, including identifying and setting training requirements as well as principles including identifying & managing project related risks and scheduling.
• Ability to collaborate with internal teams and Defence clients to identify training needs and align solutions with strategic objectives.

• Practical knowledge of DSAT (JSP
  822) (Defence Systems approach to training)
• Relevant qualifications (e.g., teaching, engineering at Level 6+ domain expertise).

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Must be Sole UK National.

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 -  ().

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• Employee…