Engineering Maintenance Apprenticeship Tutor

EXETER COLLEGE; Exeter; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Exeter seeks a Mechanical Maintenance Engineering Trainer to educate and mentor apprentices. You will provide guidance, track progress, and facilitate hands-on learning experiences. Candidates should have a passion for teaching and relevant engineering experience. This position offers competitive salary, generous holiday, and training opportunities.

Benefits

28% salary pension contribution

45 days paid holiday

Paid training days

Qualifications

• Experienced in electrical and mechanical maintenance.
• Able to inspire students with your infectious enthusiasm and energy.
• Willing to work towards assessing and teaching qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Training apprentices and wider industry.
• Marking work, tracking progress and giving feedback.
• Supporting, training, and mentoring the next generation of engineers.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance engineering

Teaching and mentoring

Positive attitude

Job description

Overview

Do you have a background in mechanical maintenance engineering in a manufacturing or production environment? We're looking for someone who's knowledgeable, enthusiastic, approachable and great at explaining things to young people. You'll train groups of apprentices in engineering maintenance, and you'll have a caseload of students to visit in the workplace, so there'll be lots of variety. You'll get…

Salary & Benefits

• £34.6k - £45.5k starting salary plus an extra 28% of salary into your pension, making the overall package £44.3k - £56.8k
• 45 days' paid holiday (Yes, really!)
• paid training days
• Sunday Times Best Company
• The best reward of all… seeing your students flourish and gain in confidence

Responsibilities

• Training apprentices and wider industry
• Marking work, tracking progress and giving feedback
• Supporting, training and mentoring the next generation of engineers at our state-of-the-art Technology Centre in Monkerton (near M5 junction 29), and on site with a range of employers
• Joining one of the best engineering training centres in the UK

Qualifications

• Positive, supportive and passionate, with a can-do attitude
• Organised and reliable
• Able to inspire students with your infectious enthusiasm and energy
• Experienced in electrical and mechanical maintenance
• Able to explain things simply and clearly
• Willing to work towards assessing and teaching qualifications
• (Ideally, you'll be a qualified assessor and experienced in welding too)

Application & General Information

We're totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you're successful, you'll be required to complete thorough pre‑employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ's guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.

Everyone's welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability or sexuality. No CVs or agencies please. The closing date is 30th November 2025 at midnight. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 9th December 2025.