Engineering Support Facilitator

Hours: 37 per week / 52 weeks per year

Kirklees College is a large successful FE college, currently Ofsted graded as Good. Operating across Kirklees with centres based in Huddersfield and Dewsbury. This post is based at the Engineering Centre in the Huddersfield town centre. 

The successful candidate will have opportunity to join a large, dynamic and successful team, working at our state of the art facility.  You will be pro-active, innovative and thrive in a busy and challenging environment.

As an Engineering Support Facilitator you will have the responsibility for providing practical support within the workshop to the Mechanical Engineering department.

You will exercise good and safe workshop practice and have appropriate industrial experience in a relevant Mechanical/ Maintenance/ CNC discipline. Ideally, you will have worked in the FE sector but this is not essential, we encourage applications from all sectors.

You must have a broad knowledge of engineering processes and skills with good IT skills including Microsoft Office. The role entails regular communication with teaching staff, instructors, assessors and learners to provide support with materials and equipment/machinery within the workshop environment.

The qualifications deemed essential for the post are a minimum of a Level 2 qualification in literacy and numeracy (e.g. GCSE English and Maths at grade A*-C) and a level 3 qualification in a relevant Engineering discipline. The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is also essential for the post.

As this role is responsible for the monitoring and checking of all appliances and workshop areas ideally you will be trained in such Health and Safety course as, IOSH Managing Safety and NEBOSH General Certificate, however the college will support successful candidates in these qualifications.

If you think this role is for you, pleas upload a CV and covering letter telling us how you meet the essential criteria required.

As a learning organisation and as part of our commitment to your continued professional development we may require you to complete an apprenticeship standard or framework that relates to this opportunity.

If you have supplied an e-mail address, should you be shortlisted for interview, we will contact you via your e-mail address.

If you have any queries about this post, please e-mail hrenquiry@kirkleescollege.ac.uk

As an employer, we are committed to exploring opportunities for flexible working and ensuring the work-life balance and wellbeing of our workforce. Visit the Jobs page on our website for further information.

Kirklees College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As a College we are committed to Equality, Diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Please apply via the link.