Specialist Practitioner in Automotive Engineering
Job Type Permanent Curriculum / Service Area Engineering Campus / Location Bispham Hours per week 37 Part-Year? No Post scale Scale 4/5 Post Scale Range (FTE) £27, - £30, Closing Date 24/03/ Documents
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The Role
Blackpool and The Fylde College (B&FC) is seeking a knowledgeable and motivated Specialist Practitioner in Automotive Engineering to join our forward-thinking curriculum team. This role is central to coordinating and supporting effective learning across a range of automotive programmes, helping students develop the technical skills, confidence, and professionalism needed for the modern automotive industry.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
As a key contributor to the Automotive Engineering provision, your responsibilities will include:
2. Delivering and facilitating high-quality learning and assessment across classrooms, workshops, laboratories, and digital learning environments.
3. Instructing, assessing, and supporting students across a range of qualifications and modes of attendance, ensuring learning is aligned with individual learning plans and curriculum requirements.
4. Preparing, maintaining, and monitoring learning resources, equipment, and workshops, with a strong focus on health and safety compliance.
5. Providing information, advice, and guidance to support student recruitment, enrolment, progression, and achievement.
6. Assessing, monitoring, and recording student progress, including marking work, maintaining records, and contributing to tutorials and action planning.
7. Supporting curriculum development, quality improvement activities, internal verification/moderation, and the development of online learning and assessment materials.
8. Contributing to students’ personal development, encouraging independence, responsibility for learning, and safe working practices.
Why Join Us?
At B&FC, you’ll join a supportive and ambitious college committed to delivering industry-relevant education. We offer opportunities for professional development, collaboration with experienced practitioners, and the chance to make a meaningful impact on learners preparing for careers in automotive engineering.
Interested? Apply Early!
If this opportunity excites you, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received.
How we support you
At Blackpool and The Fylde College, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and supportive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to take part in our selection process, please let the hiring manager or People Team know before your interview so we can make sure you have the support you need to perform at your best.
Please note that a full application must be submitted in order to apply for this role, as CVs alone cannot be accepted
Rewards and Benefits
Blackpool and The Fylde College is proud to be Great Place To Work® Certified™
9. Enhanced leave allowance of 38 days (full-time equivalent), inclusive of bank holidays
10. Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
11. Competitive pension scheme:
12. Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) - 28.68% employer contribution
13. Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - 15.4% employer contribution
14. Extensive professional development opportunities for all, with B&FC choosing to invest circa. £1.8m annually in colleague development and professional qualifications
15. Agile working opportunities
16. Enhanced Family friendly policies
17. Extensive wellbeing provision including, but not limited to:
18. Access to funded Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available 24/7, days a year
19. Occupational Health
20. FREE Flu Vouchers for those not entitled through the NHS
21. FREE eye tests
22. Dedicated Wellbeing Hub available to all colleagues containing rich and varied content with resources relating to emotional, physical, financial and social wellbeing
23. FREE healthy breakfast
24. Sports facilities including fully equipped gym and discounted memberships
25. Health and beauty salon
26. Trim Trails on Campus (guided routes for walks)
27. Onsite food outlets and Starbucks at subsidised rates
28. FREE car parking
29. Car lease scheme
30. Cycle to work scheme
31. Onsite kids ‘Sports Camp’ 8am – 5pm during selected half-term breaks
Our Safeguarding Responsibilities
B&FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all colleagues to share in this commitment. All colleagues are required to complete safeguarding training and uphold the College’s policies and procedures to ensure a safe and supportive environment for learners.
All roles at B&FC are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order (as amended), and employment is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, verification of qualifications and references, and the right to work in the UK. The amendments to the Act ( and ) mean that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the
For further information on DBS, please click If you would like a copy of our Safeguarding Policy, please email .