Technical Competence Manager

weServed; Helensburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension scheme with life assurance

Digital GP & health checks

Employee shopping portal

Professional Fees paid

Special leave for Reservists

Holiday trading

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Technical Competence Manager at HMNB Clyde Faslane to lead strategic technical competence across Fleet Engineering and support future submarine programmes. Hybrid working is available with regular on-site presence required, especially in the first year.

You will design and lead competency-based training, manage a multi-disciplinary team, and collaborate with senior stakeholders to deliver safe, high-quality engineering training aligned with regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and leading competency-based training and assurance frameworks in safety-critical engineering.
• Experience managing technical training or competence teams across multi-discipline workforces.
• Strong capability in training needs analysis, job and task analysis, and risk-based gap assessment.
• Experience developing auditable competence management systems and technical training materials.
• Track record of influencing senior stakeholders and delivering sustainable training solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of a competency-based training and assurance framework, ensuring staff are trained, assessed and verified.
• Manage and develop the technical competence and training team across multiple engineering trades.
• Analyse training needs and competence gaps through risk-based reviews, job and task analysis.
• Develop and assure technical training plans, learning materials and competence records to regulatory standards.
• Engage with senior leaders, auditors, suppliers and partners to support assurance activities and technology transitions.

Skills

Competency-based training

Staff development

Risk-based training needs analysis

Auditable competence systems

Stakeholder engagement

Education

ILM Level 5 leadership/management

Training delivery qualification

Competence assessor/verifier qualifications

Engineering/trade qualification (regulated/safety-critical)

Job description

Job Title: Technical Competence Manager

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £60,000 - £70,000 Depending on experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF73057

Lead the future of submarine engineering capability

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 Technical Competence Manager at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.

The role

As aTechnical Competence Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll hold strategic accountability for technical competence across Fleet Engineering. This is a pivotal leadership role where your work directly supports safe, high‑quality delivery today while preparing the workforce for future submarine programmes and emerging technologies.

Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:

• Leading the delivery of a competency‑based training and assurance framework, ensuring technical staff are trained, assessed and verified against defined standards
• Managing and developing the technical competence and training team across multiple engineering trades
• Analysing training needs and competence gaps through risk‑based reviews, job and task analysis
• Developing and assuring technical training plans, learning materials and competence records in line with regulatory and quality standards
• Engaging with senior leaders, auditors, suppliers and partners to support assurance activities and the transition to new technologies

This role is full time, 36 hours per week, based at HMNB Clyde Faslane site. Hybrid working patterns are available, though regular on‑site presence is expected, particularly during your first year.

Essential experience of the Technical Competence Manager

• Proven experience designing and leading competency‑based training and assurance frameworks in a safety‑critical engineering environment
• Experience managing technical training or competence teams across multi‑discipline workforces
• Strong capability in training needs analysis, job and task analysis, and risk‑based gap assessment
• Experience developing auditable competence management systems and technical training materials
• A track record of influencing senior stakeholders and working across functions to deliver sustainable training solutions

Qualifications for the Technical Competence Manager

• Recognised training delivery qualification and competence assessor and verifier qualifications
• ILM Level 5 (or equivalent) in leadership or management
• A relevant engineering or trade qualification, with experience in a regulated or safety‑critical environment
• Knowledge of quality, safety and regulatory standards (nuclear or equivalent highly regulated sectors advantageous)

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 26,000 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: 13/08/2026

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