MCTS Training Equipment Maintainer

Date Posted: 2026-07-20

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Fareham, Hampshire (HMS Collingwood)

Role Type: Onsite

Position: MCTS Training Equipment Maintainer (Permanent)

• Competitive salary
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• 6 times salary "Life Assurance" with pension
• 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site specific arrangements
• Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early
• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependent on your needs and the requirements of the role
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year
• Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team

MCTS is a sophisticated and versatile training platform used by the Royal Navy providing state of the art classroom and simulation training facilities delivering maritime warfare training in controlled environments. MCTS Maintainers play a pivotal role in ensuring training equipment is prepared and ready for use; defects are promptly addressed; spares are controlled; and Customer KPI requirements are met on a daily basis.

• Accountable directly to the MCTS Lead Maintainer; work individually and as part of a dual site team.
• Prepare assigned training spaces/equipment for training to meet "Ready for Training" requirements as specified in the Agreed Training Schedule.
• Maintain TE hardware, assure availability and serviceability of in use TE in assigned spaces.
• Assist wider team as required/available. Includes fault/defect diagnosis; LRU replacement.
• Undertake general, routine, preventative and corrective maintenance activities for MCTS systems.
• Administer system tasks across the range of MCTS training equipment - updates, patches, data logging, password control and administration of Learning Management Systems.
• Rapidly respond to defects arising on in use TE to minimise training downtime - key Customer KPI.
• Use bespoke Hardware Management System to log and report defects/shortfalls; assist in compilation of technical spares management data and records.
• Ensure compliance with Company health, safety and environmental procedures and champion EHS culture.
• Any other duties required to complete the Training Equipment Service.

• Previous experience configuring, installing, maintaining a range of software; system start up and shutdown.
• Working knowledge of SUSE Linux, Solaris, HP UX, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 Administration.
• CompTIA Network A+, CompQat/ICX, MCSA on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (or later), Novell Certified Linux Engineer 10 or equivalent.
• Ability to interface with outfitted systems to undertake expected system administration and management functions.
• Analytical skills to assess defects/technical issues and report into logging and analysis tools.
• Experienced in spares/logistics tasks associated with spares management.
• Knowledge and experience managing and maintaining technical training equipment portfolios, including networks, across multiple locations.
• Effective communication with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

• Awareness of RN warfare equipment and methodologies.
• Maintain and assure provision of Video teleconference links between remotely linked sites.
• PAT testing competency.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.