Job Title:                     Qualified Flying Instructor

Location:                     Yeovilton, Somerset + Onsite

Compensation:           Competitive + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF61150

 

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 Qualified Flying Instructor at our Yeovilton site.

 

The role

As a Qualified Flying Instructor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Make a difference with us by providing flying training using Grob 115E aircraft to Royal Navy students in a fast paced, challenging, and real-life operational setting, critical to future defence output.

 

Day-to-day, you’ll support dedicated students on a flying syllabus that caters to elements such as navigation, instrument flying and aerobatics.

 

Attend briefings to identify weather conditions for the day, before joining preparation briefings before flying sessions with your students. Ensure that all other related support activities and services are provided under the direction of the Site Operations Manager and Flight Commander Conduct mass briefings with students, teaching from a standardised format prescribed by the course.

 

This role is full time, 40 hours per week and is based on site at Royal Navy Air Station Yeovilton, working Monday-Friday 0800-1700.

 

Essential experience of the Qualified Flying Instructor

Previous Military flying experience with a minimum CFS B1 QFI/QHI category. 

 

Qualifications for the Qualified Flying Instructor

Hold a class 1 medical certificate to the satisfaction of the MOD requirements. Minimum of Commercial Pilots Licence, Unrestricted Instructor Rating (with Aerobatics) and valid Instrument Rating (A) SE SP DTTT V2 (Defence train the trainer) can be provided. Have completed a Flying Supervisors Course/Flight Authorisers Course is desirable but can be provided during onboarding.

 

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain BPSS 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 share scheme  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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement ‘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 International 
For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 03/01/25