Apprenticeship Coach - Vehicle Mechanic

Babcock International Group; Bath; Remote; GBP 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Babcock International Group is seeking an Apprenticeship Coach - Vehicle Mechanic to support and coach learners in their apprenticeship programs. The role involves mentoring apprentices in their workplaces while ensuring compliance with educational requirements and documenting their progress effectively. Candidates should have a background in vehicle mechanics and relevant qualifications.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Professional fees payment

10-days special paid leave for reservists in the armed forces

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Considerable experience in the vehicle mechanic field.
• Good understanding of work-based learning programmes.
• Previous experience in the defence sector, ideally within the army arena (desired not essential).

Responsibilities

• Support, motivate and coach all learners through their apprenticeship programme.
• Monitor and review learners inline with the customers expectations.
• Ensure all required documentation is completed to the correct standard.

Skills

Coaching

Monitoring

Documentation

Education

Relevant industry related qualification (Vehicle Mechanic minimum of Level 3)

Maths and English – GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent)

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Babcock International Group

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Bath, United Kingdom

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Posted:

29.06.2025

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Job Description:

Job Title: Apprenticeship Coach - Vehicle Mechanic
Location: Wiltshire + Fully Remote + Frequent Travel to Site
Compensation: £36, + Benefits
Role Type: Full Time / 12 Months Fixed Term Contract
Role ID: SF

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Apprenticeship Coach - Vehicle Mechanic at our Land Training division.

The role
As an Apprenticeship Coach - Vehicle Mechanic, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will play a vital role in the security of the nation whilst supporting the equipment used by the British Army. This includes the fleet management of over 50, vehicles, ranging from quad bikes and generators to main battle tanks and weapons from pistols to cannons.

Day-to-day, you’ll visit vehicle mechanic learners within their workplace using your vocational experience and knowledge to deliver learning, coach, assess and support them to achieve their apprenticeship.

• Support, motivate and coach all learners through their apprenticeship programme, ensuring all components of the apprenticeship programme are completed in a timely manner whilst meeting awarding organisation, ESFA and Ofsted requirements
• Monitor and review learners inline with the customers expectations
• Ensure all required documentation is completed to the correct standard and within agreed timelines
• Provide portfolio building advice and guidance to learners based on the requirements of their programme
• Effectively record, plan and track individual learner progress in accordance with agreed paperwork and reporting processes

This role is full time working 37 hours per week, offered on a 12-Month Fixed-Term contract and is fully remote. There is a requirement to travel to our sites in Tidworth, Lyneham, Warminster, Colerne, Larkhill, Bulford and Wiltshire.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Essential experience of the Apprenticeship Coach - Vehicle Mechanic

• Considerable experience in the vehicle mechanic field
• Good understanding of work-based learning programmes
• Previous experience in the defence sector, ideally within the army arena (desired not essential)

Qualifications for theApprenticeship Coach - Vehicle Mechanic

• Relevant industry related qualification (Vehicle Mechanic minimum of Level 3)
• Maths and English – GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent)
• We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
  

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 .

What we offer

• 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.