Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
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Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Lecturer Scale points 23 – 37: £26,393 – £39,819 per annum plus potential of up to £5k per annum market premium dependent on skills and experience
Reference Number: ME2024
Are you an aspiring or qualified Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering looking for a new challenge?
Are you looking for a new challenge and an opportunity to become an integral part of a brilliant education business who pride themselves in offering state of the art facilities allowing you to share and educate your industry knowledge with the next generation? This could be the role for you!
Blackburn College has nearly 700 people employed in a vast range of roles and feels more like a community than a workplace, and this sense of collaboration is just one of the benefits of working here. We strive to make our employee community a welcoming, caring, and enthusiastic one, fuelling ambition with opportunities and support to help us all achieve our personal and professional goals.
We are proud to offer the full range of qualifications that students need to fulfil long and valuable careers. With purpose-built facilities, excellent grades, expanding catchment area, and purposeful vision. We believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification and aim to give all learners an opportunity to develop their full potential in a friendly and supportive environment. There has never been a better time to join us!
The Role
As a Mechanical Engineering Lecturer, you will be part of a curriculum team, contributing to delivery, planning, development, and student support. You will teach on a range of courses at Level 1 to Level 3 including full time, part time and apprentices.
What are we looking for?
An enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who has a Level 4 qualification or above in Mechanical Engineering. If you possess a UK Honours degree or UK ENIC recognised degree in a related discipline that would be beneficial.
Ideally, you’ll hold a PGCE or another recognised teaching qualification. However, we welcome applicants without prior experience in the education sector who possess relevant and transferable skills with a willingness to achieve a recognised teaching qualification within two years of appointment.
The successful applicant will have relevant industrial and / or professional experience in the areas of CNC programming, additive manufacturing, and fabrication at a high level.
We are looking for someone who possesses experience of G-code, CNC setting and machining, CAM programming and machining. As well as a strong awareness of contemporary developments within the Mechanical Engineering Sector.
With excellent interpersonal skills you will have experience of working within 14-19 age group.
What makes Blackburn College an Employer of choice?
You’ll have access to a wide range of benefits and support, including, but not limited to:
* Salary band: £26,393 – £39,819, plus £5K market premium
* Employee Assistance Programme with a 24/7/365 helpline for advice and support
* Regular Staff Physical Activity Sessions and reduced-price gym membership
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Family-friendly policies
* Free eye tests and contribution to VDU-use-only glasses
* Several food outlets with a variety of menu choices
* A full range of discounted professional Hair & Beauty services provided by the Academy Salon
* Professional bakery offering a variety of fresh breads, cakes, and ready meals.
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