Technical Training Manager

Description:

SGB

Technical Training Manager

Location : Milton Keynes (Scania UK Learning Academy)

Working hours : Monday to Friday

Salary: Starting from £60,000

•    Hybrid working

•    Enhanced parental leave

•    Eligibility for annual bonus scheme

•    Access to an ECO (Employee Car Ownership scheme)

•    25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

•    Competitive pension

•    4x basic salary life assurance

Summary

Scania GB have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Training Manager to join our people development management team. The successful candidate will have people management experience and will come from an automotive technical background with an excellent working knowledge of the automotive industry and current training methodology.

The Technical Training Manager will be responsible for the strategy and delivery of bespoke technical training programme, while ensuring high levels of knowledge and skills transfer, competence, and customer satisfaction.

This role will be based at our new state of the art learning Academy in Milton Keynes from September 2026 with interim travel to Loughborough (current Academy,) until the move.

Essential Duties and Job Responsibilities

Training Strategy & Planning:

Define and deliver the technical training roadmap aligned to vehicle parc, new technologies, and business priorities
Identify capability gaps and translate into structured learning programmes
Main point of contact for all senior stakeholders in term pf planning training requirements and tracking.
Management of Customer Training and specialist training initiatives. Programme Delivery:

Own end-to-end delivery of technical training across Academy, field, and network
Ensure consistent standards and quality across all delivery methods Stakeholder Management:

Collaborate with the wider People Development team to assess the effectiveness of training programmes and implement improvements, based on feedback and performance evaluations.
Partner with Technical, Network Development, and Branch Operations teams
Act as key interface between SMEs, trainers, and suppliers Content & Standards:

Oversee development and maintenance of technical learning content
Ensure alignment to operational standards and compliance requirements Performance & Reporting:

Track KPIs linked to training effectiveness and competence
Provide insight reporting to support decision making Supplier & Resource Management:

Manage external providers and internal trainer capability
Optimise resource planning and utilisation Continuous Improvement:

Drive innovation in delivery methods and systems
Embed best practice across technical training  

Candidate Requirements - Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Passionate – a genuine passion for Training and developing our colleagues, across the business.
Ability to coach - the ability to encourage and coach professional growth. 
Team Player – understands the importance of a united team approach, and relishes the opportunity to share, learn and support.
Clear communicator – clearly communicating with stakeholders, delegates, and the training team.
Technical knowledge – a proven record of technical training, or experience and qualifications working as a technician – looking to make a move into training
Experience in a Technical Training Environment  

Closing Date: 16.07.26 - Depending on volume of applicaitons, the closing date for this position is subject to change. 

Next steps:

If you like the sound of this position, please apply today.
If you are successful at that stage, a member of the Recruitment Team will contact you to discuss your application