Plant and Machinery Trainer - North & East

RNLI; Newton Bewley; Remote; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The RNLI is seeking a Plant and Machinery Trainer to enhance the skills of its volunteers and staff. This position provides the chance to deliver technical training and assessments across locations in the North and East of England, ensuring the safety and preparedness of teams in the Search and Rescue environment. Ideal candidates will have strong machinery knowledge and experience in teaching or assessing others.

Benefits

Flexible working

26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Outstanding pension scheme

Life assurance

Health Insurance

Qualifications

• Experienced technical background or plant operator experience required.
• Strong understanding of operating machinery.
• Experience in delivering training is desirable.
• Good computer literacy for digital tools.

Responsibilities

• Delivering high-quality training sessions to staff and volunteers.
• Conducting competence assessments and ensuring alignment with operational practices.
• Supporting development and maintaining training engagement.

Skills

Fault diagnosis

Machinery operation

Training delivery

Communication

Job description

Plant and Machinery Trainer - North & East

Salary: £34,893 - £41,050 (Dependent on experience)
Vehicle: A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-Time
Location description: Home-based within North & East
Interview location: To be confirmed
Interview date: w/c 14th July
Closing date: 01-07-2025
Reference: 19539

About us

At the RNLI, our purpose is to save lives at sea. Every day, 24 hours a day, our dedicated crews are ready to launch when the call comes. Now, we are looking for a Plant and Machinery Trainer to join our People team.

An incredible opportunity awaits someone looking to advance their career and step into a role where they can share their experience and technical expertise. This rewarding position offers the chance to directly support the development of RNLI volunteers and staff, helping them operate and maintain RNLI assets at our lifeboat stations and other RNLI sites throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

Based in the North and East region of England (from the Thames to the Tweed), you will deliver inspiring training sessions, conduct competence assessments, and ensure our teams remain up to date with the latest advancements in the Search and Rescue (SAR) environment.

Some of the benefits

- Salary of £34,893 - £41,050 (Dependent on experience)
- Vehicle to carry out your duties
- Flexible working
- 26 days’ annual leave, plus Bank Holidays
- Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
- Life assurance
- Health Insurance

Your role

As a Plant and Machinery Trainer, you will act as a subject matter expert and play a key role in delivering high-quality, competence-based training and verification to both staff and volunteers, including local trainer assessors. You will ensure that all training sessions are engaging, practical, and aligned with the latest operational practices. By maintaining a strong focus on quality and consistency, you will help build and sustain a capable, confident team equipped to operate effectively in demanding environments.

This is a regional role with frequent travel across the North and East, regular overnight stays, and occasional travel to support other RNLI regions as needed. Flexibility is essential, as volunteer availability often falls outside of standard working hours, including evenings and weekends.

About you

To succeed in this role, you will require the following skills and expertise:

- An experienced technical background or experience as a plant operator is required. Electronic or electrical knowledge is an advantage but not essential.
- A strong understanding of operating machinery, fault diagnosis and repair techniques.
- Familiarity with RNLI lifeboats and associated equipment (desirable).
- Experience in delivering training or assessing others (desirable, but if you are motivated and eager to learn, we’ll support you with full training).
- Good computer literacy, with the confidence to use digital systems and tools effectively.

Beyond your technical skills, you will be:

- Passionate about making a difference and helping others develop.
- Confident, well organised and a strong communicator.
- Able to collaborate effectively with volunteers and staff from all backgrounds, in a respectful and inclusive way.

If you’re ready to help shape the future of lifesaving and want to be part of something truly meaningful as a Plant and Machinery Trainer, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply via the button shown.

This post requires a valid driving licence.

As this is a sea-going appointment, you will need to satisfy the Institution's medical and eyesight standards.

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.