Apprentice Skills Coach (Aircraft Maintenance)

Job Description

Job Title: Apprentice Skills Coach (Aircraft Maintenance)

Location: Humberside, with occasional national travel when required. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Circa £49,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Delivering CAA Part-66 (PT66) modules in line with approved syllabi and training plans
• Providing aircraft maintenance practical training aligned to apprenticeship standards
• Delivering mechanical workshop training, including the safe use of tools, equipment and materials
• Supporting learners to develop technical knowledge, practical competence and professional behaviours
• Planning and preparing lessons, schemes of work and learning materials to meet regulatory requirements
• Assessing learner progress and competence, providing clear feedback and coaching
• Maintaining accurate training, assessment and attendance records
• Promoting a positive safety culture and ensuring compliance with regulatory and health & safety requirements

Your skills and experiences:

• Practical experience working on aircraft within a maintenance or engineering environment
• CAA Part-66 (PT66) knowledge relevant to aircraft maintenance activities
• Hands-on experience with aircraft tools, equipment and mechanical workshop practices
• Experience working to aviation regulatory and health & safety requirements
• Experience following approved procedures and organisational standards within an aircraft environment
• Experience delivering apprenticeship training is desirable

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Early Careers Team:

You’ll be joining the Aircraft Maintenance Academy, reporting to the Early Careers Manager. The team is responsible for delivering high-quality technical and practical training to aircraft maintenance apprentices, as well as internal and external customers. The academy provides classroom-based theory, workshop-based mechanical training, and aircraft maintenance practical instruction, along with specialist technical skills training. In this role, you will play a key part in supporting the next generation of aircraft maintenance professionals by helping them develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours they need to succeed.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 13th February 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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