Engineering Workshop Coach

Working Pattern: full-time, 35 hours a week.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Engineering Workplace Coach with experience within an Engineering Mechatronics Maintenance environment to be part of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre Training Centre Team.

You will join the delivery team and will be responsible for the workplace coaching throughout the whole of the apprenticeship programme for Engineering Apprentices Levels 3 to 6.

This role will be based remotely and will involve the Workplace Coach travelling to a selection of apprentice employer’s sites.

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

Find out more at sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

You will:

• Be qualified to Level 6 in an engineering (or related) discipline.
• Possess significant experience of technical work in a Mechatronics Maintenance engineering setting.
• Hold a teaching/coaching/assessor qualification or have a willingness to undertake such a qualification on start.
• Be competent in the use of IT such as Laptops, Tablets and Smartphones and software as these are crucial tools used as part of the working day for a Workplace Coach.
• Have the ability to assess and organise resources and plan and progress work activities.

As an Engineering Workplace Coach you will be required to carry out the assessment and coaching of engineering apprentices onsite at employers premises.

Engineering Workplace Coaches are expected to support enrichment activities and any Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths events to promote the AMRC Training Centre. Some of these will be out of normal working hours.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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