Training Coordinator - Manufacturing

SEA Ltd; Barnstaple; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

25 days leave

Flexi leave accrual

Half-day Fridays

Private medical

Employee assistance

Group pension

Cycle to work

Wellbeing centre

Employee discounts

Life assurance

Bonus rewards

Learning opportunities

Job summary

SEA Ltd in Barnstaple is seeking a Manufacturing Training Coordinator to coordinate and assure training and competency across Operations, ensuring staff are trained, competent and authorised. This role is on-site 4.5 days a week.

You will manage trainers, develop induction programmes, monitor training effectiveness, and support ISO/AS audits and reporting to Operations Management. Join a team delivering advanced solutions, with generous rewards, development opportunities and a strong focus on

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating training in a manufacturing/production environment.
• Ability to develop and maintain training programmes and records.
• Experience supporting ISO9001/AS9100 environments.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and maintain training and competency frameworks across Operations.
• Manage and support a network of production trainers to ensure consistent standards.
• Develop induction, refresher and ongoing training programmes.
• Monitor training effectiveness and support audits and reporting.

Skills

Training coordination

Competence management

ISO9001/AS9100

Training matrices

Documentation control

Stakeholder engagement

On-site coordination

Lean manufacturing

Job description

About The Role

Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.Coordinate and assure training and competency across Operations, ensuring production staff are trained, competent and authorised. Maintain training records, oversee refresher training, support consistent standards across production cells, and ensure new starters achieve competence before working independently.

Manufacturing Training Coordinator will be based at our Barnstaple site. This role does require being onsite 4.5 days a week.

The salary for this role is circa £30k, depending on experience.

Whatyou’llbedoing

• Coordinate and maintain training and competency frameworks across Operations, ensuring training matrices, records and registers remain accurate, up to date and aligned with business, quality and compliance requirements
• Manage and support a network of production trainers, working with Cell Leaders and Subject Matter Experts to deliver consistent training standards, role‑specific training requirements and effective competency assessment across all production areas
• Develop, coordinate and monitor induction, refresher and ongoing training programmes, ensuring employees achieve and maintain the required levels of competence, training gaps are identified and addressed, and compliance obligations are met
• Monitor training effectiveness and compliance, maintain audit‑ready evidence, support ISO/AS audits, and provide reporting on training completion, overdue actions, competency risks and workforce capability to Operations Management

About our company

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient.

We provide state‑of‑the‑art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In‑service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever‑growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on‑the‑ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer

At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out‑of‑the‑box thinking to solve problems, so we’re always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Havea look atthe benefits we offer:

Work life balance

• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
• Half day Fridays
• Reservists in theArmedForces receive special paid leave

Family & wellbeing

• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• Health Cash Plan
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 8% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & Social activities
• Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning

Facilities & resources

• Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
• Private seated lunch areas
• Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
• Onsite showers and toiletries provision
• Free onsite parking

Theskills you need

• Experience working in a manufacturing or production environment
• Strong organisational and coordination skills with a high attention to detail
• Ability to work with operational teams and influence without direct line authority
• Clear communicator, comfortable working across all levels of the organisation
• Competent using training matrices, spreadsheets and document control systems
• Experience supporting ISO9001 / AS9100 environments
• Experience in training coordination, competence management or operational support roles
• Understanding of SOPs, work instructions and controlled manufacturing documentation
• Exposure to lean manufacturing, standard work or continuous improvement principles

Join us and be part of something smaller - with500people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

If you’d like to know more, please give Kelly Thomas from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on 03330 414300. Or reach out to us on [e-mail]