Lecturer Engineering

About The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Engineering professional with a strong background in industry to join our team, delivering high-quality teaching across programmes from Entry Level 3 to Level 5. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with hands-on engineering experience to share their expertise and inspire the next generation of engineers and technicians.

In this role, your industry knowledge will be central to the student experience. You will bring engineering science and mathematics to life through practical applications, real-world projects, and problem-solving activities, helping learners develop the technical skills, confidence, and professional behaviours needed to succeed in apprenticeships, higher-level study, or employment in the engineering sector.

You will create an engaging and supportive learning environment, working with students of varying abilities to ensure high-quality outcomes and progression into meaningful careers. Your experience in the field will help students understand industry expectations, workplace standards, and emerging technologies, giving them a competitive edge as they enter the workforce.

Alongside your teaching, you will contribute to the development and day-to-day running of the provision. This includes administrative, pastoral, and course development responsibilities, supporting student progress, maintaining high standards, and ensuring our programmes remain closely aligned with current industry practice and employer needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver consistently high‑quality, engaging teaching that inspires, challenges, and motivates all students to achieve their potential and more.

• Teach complex and challenging concepts skilfully, using a range of methods to link new and prior knowledge and skills, supporting students to secure long‑term understanding and confident application.

• Take ownership of delivering excellent student outcomes, including attendance, achievement, high grades, value‑added, and preparation for high‑quality destinations such as first‑class university entry, competitive careers, or advanced study.

• Be ambitious for all students, providing opportunities to excel beyond the taught curriculum through external showcases and competitions.

• Make available high‑quality schemes of work, assessment plans, and teaching resources that are maintained, and updated.

• Conduct and use effective initial assessments to identify starting points and plan inclusive, adaptive teaching that responds to SEND needs and individual barriers, placing students at the centre of teaching and learning decisions.

• Produce and maintain strategic student profiles, and track, analyse, and act on performance data, setting and reviewing individual SMART targets to support improvement, retention, and achievement.

• Use formative and summative assessment effectively to guide students and refine teaching practice, providing clear, timely, and developmental feedback that supports learning and achievement.

• Support students to develop positive behaviour and wellbeing, providing timely, structured support and challenge when expectations are not met.

• Build and maintain industry, community, and employer links to enhance learning and employability, and to inform updates to curriculum content based on student needs and sector developments.

Skills & Expertise

• Up‑to‑date subject and industry knowledge, informed by current practice, research and employer requirements.

• Ability to design and deliver high‑quality and well-sequenced curriculum using effective pedagogy, coherent schemes of work and authentic assessment – including use of digital technologies

• Ability to plan and deliver inclusive learning that supports all students, including those who are disadvantaged, high‑needs students and those with SEND.

• Be a clear, confident communicator able to explain complex ideas effectively.

• Be organised and efficient, managing time and priorities to meet deadlines.

• Ability to motivate and coach students, building confidence, independence and positive behaviour.

• Professional and ethical, modelling safe practice and high expectations.

• Specific technical skills required for the role – Electronics, PCB design and PLC’s, maths and engineering science

Qualifications & Training

• Relevant subject qualification at or above the level taught.

• Recognised teaching qualification (PGCE/Cert Ed/DTLLS) or commitment to achieving one.

• GCSE (or equivalent) English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above, or a commitment to obtain Level 2 Functional Skills alongside the post.