Location: Middlesbrough College Main Campus, TS2 1AD

Department: Engineering

Reporting to: Curriculum Team Leader in Engineering

Annual Leave: 45 per annum plus statutory Bank Holidays

Contractual hours: 37 hours per week

Teaching hours: 864 annualised hours

Basis: Full time, Permanent

Pension: Teachers Pension Scheme

Closing date: 26/05/2025

Join Our Team

An exciting opportunity has emerged for a Lecturer in Process Engineering to join our Engineering team.  This is a fantastic opportunity to help shape the next generation of Mechanical Engineering professionals while playing a key role in a thriving academic community.

What You’ll Be Doing: 

As a Lecturer in Process Engineering, you will:

• Deliver and oversee high-quality, inclusive teaching, learning, and assessment within the Engineering sector.
• Plan programmes of study that cater to the unique needs, interests, and abilities of all students.
• Foster students' academic and personal development, enabling them to reach their full potential.
• Design and implement lesson plans that bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and real-world applications.
• Collaborate with colleagues to enrich the learning experience and meet the diverse needs of students.
• Contribute to student recruitment, retention, achievement, and progression through personalised guidance and support.

What We’re Looking For: 

We seek candidates who:

• Must be a qualified teacher or be willing to work towards**
• Hold a minimum Level 3 qualification in Process Engineering.
• GCSEs at Grade 4/C or above in English and Maths, or an equivalent qualification.
• Industrial experience of working in the Process Industry - Essential
• Current knowledge and/or experience of teaching Process Engineering - Desirable.
• Awareness of potential issues within the sector that could affect curriculum delivery

What’s in it for you? 

The college offers an excellent benefits package which includes:

• Generous Annual Leave (30-45 days per annum (pro rata), depending on role)
• 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 3Employee 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 Stuart Bain, Curriculum Team Leader in Engineering, on  S.Bain@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. Please read the full criteria information on the incentive payment to see if you are eligible: Targeted retention incentive payments for FE teachers - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note that claims for the 2024/2025 academic year closed in March 2025. Claims for the 2025/2026 academic year will reopen in Autumn 2025.

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 

At Middlesbrough College, we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance.

All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

Middlesbrough College is an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to ensuring equality of opportunity, eliminating discrimination, and fostering good relations among all members of its community, and welcomes applicants 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).

**(subject to meeting enrolment criteria for the teaching qualification – see Job description for further details).

Please see attached job description - Lecturer in Process Engineering