Engineering Skills Practitioner​/Machinist

Do you have Engineering experience? Do you want to support students in the workshop and pass on your skills and knowledge? Join us as a Skills Practitioner. As a Skills Practitioner in Engineering you'll play an important part in supporting both staff and students, helping to deliver high-quality, hands‑on learning experiences. You'll liaise with colleagues and external partners, support learners to reach their goals, and ensure workshops are safe, well‑organised, and fully equipped.

In this role, you will:

• Monitor and promote excellent Health and Safety practices within workshop sessions
• Order, organise, and issue stock and supplies to keep sessions running smoothly
• Assist in workshop preparation
• Provide constructive feedback and support to students

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we focus on our employees. Take a look at the variety of benefits on our careers website.

Are you organised, hands‑on, and positive about helping others? We're looking for someone who enjoys supporting others to develop practical skills and confidence, while contributing to outstanding teaching and learning. What are we looking for?

• Someone confident to support and guide learners through practical tasks
• Someone with a Level 3 qualification in Engineering
• With some industry experience in the Engineering sector

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our 'Strong' skills grading by Ofsted.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles. As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults.

These checks include conviction/caution self‑declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.