Workshop Technician
- Company: Plumpton College
- Closing Date: 20-07-2024
- Location: Plumpton, Lewes BN7 3AE
- Salary: up to £27,223
- Hours: Full-time, 37.5 per week
Description
Plumpton College is the leader of land and environment education in the Southeast, renowned for our outstanding cutting-edge practice and ability to align delivery to meet the needs of local and national employers. With a significant growth in our student numbers in recent years the organisation has made great progress in achieving its ambitious future vision to be providing ever more students equipped for their future careers in these all-important disciplines.
We are looking to recruit a fulltime Workshop Technician to support our busy Motor Vehicle & Engineering team in our college workshop environment. Our vehicle workshops have recently been fully refurbished to provide a realistic working environment to help prepare students for their future employment.
Working closely with our workshop manager, the role will include preparation of practical resources for students for a variety of automotive tasks and other broader engineering activities. The ideal candidate will have recent workshop technician experience, will be professional, hardworking and confident team player with excellent communication skills and keen to support the learning experiences of our students.
Benefits
As well as a competitive salary, you can also look forward to a great range of benefits including: up to 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata), and up to 5 efficiency days at Christmas; membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme; comprehensive CPD; TOTUM card; Employee Assistance Programme; free onsite parking; discounted Plumpton wine; staff discounts on Plumpton courses; free eye tests; cycle to work scheme; and free use of the onsite gym.
We support staff development, including Level 2 qualifications in English and maths. Our workplace is neurodiverse-friendly, providing clear structures, assistive technology, and a supportive environment for all.
With over 3,000 students, excellent resources, and a drive for continuous improvement, Plumpton College is actively seeking staff who want to make a difference and be part of this exciting phase of our development. At Plumpton College we are Ambitious & Progressive, Enterprising, Professional, Supportive and Passionate about everything we do – if you share these values and would like to be part of our growing team then we’d like to hear from you.
We reserve the right to call candidates to interview/withdraw this vacancy at any time if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as soon as possible.
Plumpton College is committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and is dedicated to pursuing non-discriminatory policies and practices and eliminating unfair discrimination on any basis.
Plumpton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
How to apply for this role
Applying for jobs at Plumpton College
Please complete both documents, the Application Form and Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form and return to:
Email: recruitment@plumpton.ac.uk
Post: Plumpton College, Human Resources, Ditchling Road, Plumpton, Nr. Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 3AE
Telephone: 01273 892036
Please note that in order to complete these forms digitally you will need to open them using PDF software on a laptop or desktop device.
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Please complete both documents, the Application Form and Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form and return to:
Email: jobs@onegardenbrighton.com
Post: Plumpton College, Human Resources, Ditchling Road, Plumpton, Nr. Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 3AE
Telephone: 01273 892036
