Engineering Technician; Fabrication and Welding

Overview

Are you an experienced engineering professional with a passion for fabrication and welding? Do you want to use your expertise to shape the next generation of engineers while helping to build the best training facilities in South Yorkshire? At RNN Group, we are looking for a dedicated and proactive Engineering Technician to join our dynamic team. This is a varied, hands‑on role where your ideas, knowledge, and experience will directly contribute to continuously improving our workshop processes and procedures.

This key position offers a fantastic opportunity to play an active role in supporting both academic staff and students during practical workshop sessions. You will provide vital technical services to support the delivery of college programmes, ensuring our facilities are safe, efficient, and innovative.

As our Fabrication & Welding Technician, you will help develop our facilities further, collaborating with other technicians across different craft areas and contributing to exciting departmental projects.

• Workshop Preparation:
  Safe preparation and setting out of equipment and materials for practical work, demonstrations, examinations, and assessments.
• Safety & Supervision:
  Providing safety cover during practical classes, ensuring workshops and equipment are entirely safe for use.
• Technical Assistance:
  Assisting in the construction of apparatus and preparation of materials as detailed by academic staff.
• Asset Management:
  Distributing tools and consumables to students, and operating an efficient system to monitor the return of equipment.
• Maintenance & Cleanliness:
  Carrying out routine maintenance on machinery and equipment; ensuring workshops are clean, tidy, and safe, disposing of waste materials according to college policy.
• Stock & Ordering:
  Monitoring levels of tools, equipment, and consumables, ordering replacements as required, and maintaining accurate stock records.
• Security & Operations:
  Ensuring the security of workshops and equipment by locking doors and storage areas; notifying the Curriculum Team Leader of any loss or damage.
• Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Attending and contributing to team meetings, providing First Aid (after appropriate training), and supporting other areas of the college when required.

• Line Management:
  Your direct line manager will be the Curriculum Performance Lead for your specific area, ensuring you have clear guidance, regular feedback, and support for your professional development.
• Cross‑Disciplinary
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Innovation happens when we work together. You may be required to participate in exciting projects with other technicians within the wider department across different craft areas.
• Tutor & Workshop Support:
  You will work hand‑in‑hand with academic staff, supporting tutors within practical workshops to deliver seamless, high‑quality lessons.

• Industry
  
  Experience:
  
  Proven experience working within the fabrication and welding industry, bringing current practices and practical knowledge to our workshops.
• Qualifications:
  
  Hold a Level 2 or above professionally related qualification in Fabrication and Welding. You will hold a Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification in English and Maths (or be willing to undertake).
• Team Player Mentality:
  An eagerness to be an active part of the Fabrication and Welding team and a drive to continuously develop our workshop environment.

• Local government pension scheme with employer contributions ranging from 15.6% to 23.68%.
• Up to 41 days annual leave per year, including closure during the Christmas period.
• Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons.
• Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes, including an in‑house Occupational Health service.
• Extensive wellbeing support through a digital Wellbeing Hub that offers a broad range of support for physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
• Full, part‑time and flexible working hours available in many roles.
• Free parking available at all of our sites.
• Outstanding career development opportunities, including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry‑recognised qualifications.
• New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up…