Land and Geospatial Surveyor Trainer

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Brompton, Medway
3 months ago
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Are you ready to take your surveying career in a new direction? This is a rare opportunity for an experienced Land / Geospatial Engineering Surveyor to step into a rewarding training role at the prestigious Royal School of Military Engineering. Join a motivated team delivering high-quality training to Royal Engineer military students and help shape the next generation of engineering surveyors.

The Role

* Deliver CICES-accredited engineering surveying courses

* Provide instruction using Trimble hardware and software

* Support and mentor adult learners at all career stages

* Complete a funded teaching qualification within your first three years

About You

* Strong background in geospatial / land surveying

* Confident with Trimble technology

* Solid grasp of core surveying principles

* Passionate about developing others

* Teaching experience (formal or informal) desirable

Benefits

* 6 weeks’ holiday + bank holidays

* Generous pension scheme

* Funded CPD and professional development

* Private healthcare & wellbeing support

* 37-hour week, Monday–Friday

* Lifestyle benefits including cycle to work & on-site gym

Candidates need to have skills in one or more of the following topics, with the expectation to be upskilled in the other areas over time:

* Land Surveying (Topographic)

* Engineering Surveying (Setting Out)

* Geodetic Surveying

* Hydrographic Surveying

* Utility Surveying

* Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing

* Monitoring / Deformation Surveying

* Groundworks/Earthworks

If you’re an experienced surveyor looking for a fresh challenge in a structured, supportive environment — we’d love to hear from you.

About us - MKC Training is passionate about the success we deliver for our learners, our partners, and local communities, empowering our people to be ambitious, solution-focused, proactive, and creative thinkers. Our values, Commitment to learner success, Investment in People, Collaboration through partnership to achieve shared goals, Innovation to prepare for tomorrow, and Courage to embrace opportunities, guide everything we do. Together, they support our vision: to become the UK’s premier skills development partner, harnessing innovative solutions to equip our clients for the future. We have a long and very successful partnership contract based at the Royal School of Military Engineering, Brompton Barracks.

MKC Training is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, all applications will be considered. We provide support through our Mental Health First Aid and Coaching and Mentoring schemes, we are accredited Investors in People, ISO accredited, have a Gold Award in the Medway Healthy Workplaces Programme and have won several Health & Safety awards.

Full job description available on request.

All positions are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service application. MKC Training follows the DBS Code of Practice.

Armed Forces Covenant – We will offer guaranteed interviews to military veterans if they meet the selection criteria.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: This recruitment project is under a managed service contract. Direct approaches to the client will not be accepted

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