Weapons Engineer

Weapons Instructor – permanent position, onsite work Monday to Thursday (08:00–16:30) and Friday (08:00–13:00). Location Clyde. Pension & enhanced leave allowance available. The roledeliver classroom and simulator-based training, primarily focused on Astute Class submarines. The role will be to help ensure our armed forces are fully prepared to operate and maintain weapon handling systems safely and effectively across submarine platforms. Responsibilities:Training delivery, accountable to the Operations Manager: provide training to students with a wide range of experience, predominantly within the Weapons Electrical (WE) Weapons Handling discipline but also to provide assistance with generic training for example Astute Class Familiarisation, Submarine Qualification Training (SMQ). All training is to be delivered to prescribed standards and within contractual requirementsTraining delivery: provide training to students with a wide range of experience, external to the ACTS contract Training is to be delivered to prescribed standards, quality and costCourseware maintenance: liaise with the Training Design (TD) team and provide SME support for the routine review and amendment of WE Weapons Handling coursewareChange; provide SME support to the review and evaluation of technical data/notifications of change, identifying the impact of change on existing WE courseware. Liaison with the TD team to implement required change to WE coursewareAdministration: to conduct all administration and reporting activities associated with the delivery of training to contractual requirement and also as otherwise directed by the Management teamBusiness Development: to provide SME advice in support of the Marine Training Directorate. Delivering to cost, schedule and quality for each bid/job allocated Required experience: Sound knowledge of submarine Tactical Weapons Engineering systemsExperience in Weapons Handling operationsQualified Weapons System Board – Competent User Level 3 (CU3) certification If you are interested in the role, please ‘APPLY’ and submit your CV for immediate consideration.

Created: 2026-01-18