Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering

Location: Middlesbrough College Main Campus, TS2 1AD

Department: Engineering

Reporting to: Associate Director Curriculum

Salary: £29,565 - £42,172 per annum

Annual Leave: 45 days per annum plus bank holidays

Contractual hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks

Teaching hours: 864 hours per annum

Basis: Full time, Permanent

Pension: Teachers Pension Scheme

Join Our Team

We are seeking a passionate and knowledgeable Mechanical Engineering Lecturer to join our team and deliver high-quality teaching across BTEC and T Level courses. The successful candidate will plan and deliver a wide range of challenging and relevant learning experiences that enable all learners to develop and apply the skills, knowledge, behaviours, and attitudes essential for success in 21st-century life, learning, and work. You will be committed to creating inclusive and engaging learning environments, supporting learners in their academic and personal development, and ensuring confidentiality, diplomacy, and discretion are maintained at all times.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Plan a program of study that meets the individual needs, interests and abilities of all students.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and is developmentally appropriate to the maturity and interests of all students.
• Employ a variety of teaching techniques and resources consistent with best practices, specific content knowledge, the physical limitations of the space provided, and the needs and capabilities of the individuals or student groups involved.
• Plan and deliver a suitable Assessment Programme ensuring marked work meets Middlesbrough College Gold Standards.
• Implement Middlesbrough College’s Core Values through the Taking Teaching Higher strategy.
• Utilise diagnostic assessment tools to identify learning strengths and needs of every student, on a regular basis, for the purpose of intervention and/or acceleration toward academic achievement.
• Participate in Interval Verification requirements including the preparation for Awarding Body visits.
• Take necessary and reasonable precautions to assure safety in the classroom and the College for all students.

What We’re Looking For:

• To be a qualified Teacher or willing to work towards.
• To be a qualified assessor or willing to work towards.
• To hold a minimum of a Level 5 in Mechanical Engineering.
• GCSEs at Grade C / Level 4 or above in English and Maths, or equivalent.

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Competitive Salaries
• Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Excellent Training and Development Opportunities
• Dedicated Teaching & Learning Coaches for New Staff.
• On-site staff parking available
• Contributions to a variety of role-based pensions schemes including Teachers Pension, Local Government Pension Scheme and NEST Pension
• On site restaurant and food outlets including Costa Coffee
• Extensive wellbeing provision including, but not limited to: 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme (free counselling support for staff and their immediate family), Occupational Health, Free Flu jabs, Free Gym Membership for all staff, Discounted hair and beauty salon treatments

To learn more about working at Middlesbrough College, please visit our Work For Us page. For further details and to discuss the role in more detail, please contact David Payne, Associate Director Curriculum at D.Payne@mbro.ac.uk

Targeted Retention Scheme: You could be eligible for a Targeted Retention Incentive payment. FE staff who have been employed in the sector for less than five years and teach in courses such as building and construction, chemistry, computing (including digital and ICT), early years, engineering and manufacturing (including transport engineering and electronics), maths, or physics could be eligible for an incentive payment.

Ready to Make a Difference? Apply Early! We reserve the right to close this advert early if we can appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date. We therefore encourage applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.

SAFEGUARDING Middlesbrough College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students, including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment. This role involves regulated activity and direct contact with children and young people. The successful candidate will be expected to uphold the highest standards of safeguarding practice. We follow Safer Recruitment practices in line with the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search, and proof of eligibility to work in the UK. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All convictions, cautions, and bind-overs, including those regarded as ‘spent’, must be declared, subject to the DBS filtering rules. It is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children. Middlesbrough College is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

*The Lecturer Salary Scale is from Pt 5 – Pt 16. The salary progression criteria beyond point 11 of the Lecturer scale will be based on you achieving and maintaining, on an annual basis, the Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) & QTS. To progress beyond point 14 of the Lecturer salary scale, you will be expected to achieve and maintain the Advanced Teacher Status (ATS).