Engineering Workshop Technician

Would you like to work with a skilled team of professional people that are committed to developing the next generation of Engineers? Do you want to help shape the way young people are educated in trade skills? 

We are currently looking for an Engineering Workshop Technician to help support our innovative engineering curriculum. This is a truly exciting time to join the college as we are a rapidly growing department providing exceptional education opportunities in the workshop environment. 

The successful candidate will hold an appropriate professional qualification/apprenticeship, degree or HNC or have appropriate industry experience, and be willing to work towards a teaching qualification. 

We are open to Engineering university students needing to complete placement projects, where they have stellar repair and maintenance experience.

This role will implement general machinery repair and maintenance to ensure compliance with health and safety across a range of engineering machinery including Milling Machines, Lathes, Pillar Drills, Bandsaws and other equipment. The successful candidate will assist workshop lecturers and supervise groups of full time and apprenticeship learners in a practical environment. The role allows for contribution to the co-ordination of workshop planning, delivery and assessment to meet education and training needs.

To be successful in post, you will need to be able to demonstrate good planning, and a commitment to high quality health and safety practices and machine maintenance. The successful candidate will be able to use a range of tools and techniques to support decision making and solve problems that are often complex and non-routine. They will have responsibility to identify and contribute to making improvements such as business processes, procedures, ways and methods of working.

The College is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. 

We are proud to have achieved the Investor in Diversity award. We actively encourage applications who are currently under-represented and where we are using positive action under the Equality Act. We welcome everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey. 

Alongside our commitment to your professional and personal development, we also offer a generous benefits package including:

• A competitive pension scheme


• Cycle-to-work scheme


• On-site parking


• One campus facility


• Access to healthcare scheme


• Subsided nursery fees


• Up to 25 days annual leave per year


• Additional annual leave available


• Generous Maternity/Paternity pay


• Fantastic CPD and inclusive resources for development


• Well-being hours


• Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and agile working where the business allows. We provide staff forums, staff working groups for sustainability, staff steering groups for Investors in Diversity and support services to support with mental health and wellbeing for staff from different backgrounds.

We are and have consistently invested in providing our learners and employees with an outstanding and unrivalled range of modern facilities and resources.

Kindly be advised that we are unable to provide skilled worker sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the country without the need for sponsorship. 

If you require any support to apply for this job, please email recruitment@loucoll.ac.uk