Senior Training Developer

Babcock International; West Devon; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension & life assurance

Digital GP access

Shopping portal

Professional Fees paid

Reservists leave

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Senior Training Developer for our Devonport Dockyard site in Plymouth, Devon. The role focuses on analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of training for nuclear-implicated personnel and stakeholders, supporting safety and national security objectives.

Day-to-day you will influence learning and capability across a major defence organisation, maintaining nuclear safety standards, contributing to workforce development and supporting operational readiness.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of the Systematic Approach to Training (SAT).
• Experience designing, delivering or evaluating learning solutions.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Experience in regulated or safety-focused environments.
• Ability to coach and mentor stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing training programmes using SAT methodology.
• Analyzing, implementing and evaluating nuclear training requirements.
• Coaching colleagues on training development processes and best practice.
• Ensuring training aligns with site licence, regulations and procedures.
• Providing assurance that training standards reflect industry best practice.

Skills

SAT methodology

Training development

Presentation skills

Regulated environment

Stakeholder coaching

Education

L&D Cert (or equivalent)

Education beyond GCSE

Job description

Job Title: Senior Training Developer

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: £40,098 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76602

Shape the training that supports nuclear safety, operational excellence and national security

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Training Developer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Senior Training Developer, you'll be a key member of the Organisational Capability Team, supporting the analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of training programmes for nuclear-implicated employees and key stakeholders. Your work will help ensure that employees, Ministry of Defence personnel, contractors, government agencies and visitors have the knowledge and skills required to work safely and effectively in a critical defence environment.

Day-to-day, you'll have an exciting opportunity to influence learning and capability across a major defence and engineering organisation. You'll help maintain high standards of nuclear safety, contribute to workforce development and play a vital role in supporting operational readiness. Whether developing new learning solutions or improving existing programmes, your work will have a lasting impact on people, performance and safety.

• Designing and developing training programmes using the Systematic Approach to Training methodology.
• Supporting the analysis, implementation and evaluation of nuclear training requirements across the business.
• Coaching and mentoring colleagues on training development processes and best practice.
• Ensuring training activities comply with Site Licence requirements, statutory regulations and company procedures.
• Providing assurance that training, assessment and accreditation standards reflect industry best practice and drive continuous improvement.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Senior Training Developer

• Good working knowledge of the Systematic Approach to Training.
• Experience developing, delivering or evaluating learning and development solutions.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Experience working within a regulated or safety-focused environment.
• Ability to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders and provide coaching or mentoring support.

Qualifications for the Senior Training Developer

Essential

• Good level of education beyond GCSE (or equivalent) and/or proven experience demonstrating suitable knowledge, skills and competence.
• Certificate in Learning and Development Practice, or equivalent qualification.

Desirable

• D32/D33 Assessor qualification.
• Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector Level 4 qualification.
• Defence Systems Approach to Training or equivalent Task Analysis qualification.
• Nuclear Training Systematic Approach to Training Practitioners Workshop.
• Assessor Skills Workshop.
• Product Safety Course.

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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• 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

Babcock

We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 05/11/2026

#BABDESTNUC