Engineering Lecturer

BAE Systems; Chorley; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an inspiring Engineering Lecturer to join their team. This role involves teaching advanced manufacturing programmes, mentoring Apprentices, and contributing to curriculum development. With a focus on innovation and inclusivity, you'll engage and motivate learners while enhancing their skills and knowledge. The company values diversity and offers a supportive environment where your teaching passion can thrive. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact in the apprenticeship sector, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Green car scheme

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Mandatory teaching qualification with experience in blended learning.
• Experience delivering Engineering programmes and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Teach advanced manufacturing programmes and assess Apprentice progress.
• Participate in interviews, enrolment, and curriculum development.

Skills

Teaching qualification

Experience in developing blended learning resources

Delivery on VLE platform

Engineering programme delivery

Mentoring experience

Education

Teaching qualification

Tools

CANVAS

Job description

Job Description - Engineering Lecturer (00126794)

Engineering Lecturer - 00126794

Job title: Engineering Lecturer

Location: Samlesbury. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. (Please note, travel to other sites is required. The role also has condensed full time hours, Monday to Thursday)

What you’ll be doing:

• Teaching on advanced manufacturing programmes, in line with Apprenticeship standards and BAE systems learning delivery models capitalising on ideas and innovation to enhance teaching and learning practice
• Contributing to the planning, monitoring and evaluation of the curriculum always promoting a positive, meaningful learning culture
• Preparing and marking assessments as required within the range of programmes providing informative, meaningful feedback and ensuring rapid progress of our Apprentices individual development
• Embedding the delivery of maths, English throughout the curriculum
• Undertaking Apprentice performance reviews ensuring high quality target setting to continuously develop our Apprentices skills, knowledge and behaviours ensuring rapid progress is made
• Producing full, considered and timely reports and data on Apprentice progress and further ensuring proactive data monitoring and analysis
• Participating in Apprentice interviews, enrolment and induction, open days and enrichment activities
• Participating in the development of an inclusive blended learning approach using CANVAS as a platform enriching the curriculum delivery

Your skills and experiences:

• A teaching qualification is mandatory paired with experience of developing blended learning resources and delivery on a VLE (virtual learning Environment) platform
• Experience delivering on Engineering programmes
• Able to work as part of a team to develop, share innovative and stimulating blended teaching and learning resources
• Demonstrable experience of teaching and mentoring

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Early Careers Team:

As part of this role, you will be a responsible, confident and outstanding Engineering Lecturer who has the skills to inspire Apprentices, colleagues and stakeholders. You will have an imaginative approach to teaching that generates wonderfully creative lessons to fully engage and inspire our Apprentices to achieve to the world class standards BAE Systems expects.

This is a great opportunity to demonstrate your passion for teaching apprenticeship standards in the employer provider sector, and commitment to ensuring that our Apprentices make the best possible progress developing their skills, knowledge and behaviours.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 23 rd May 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.