Design and Technology Technician
The County High School, Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 8EZ12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
4 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
20 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £8,189.00 - £8,317.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 3, SCP 3 to SCP 4, £24,027 to £24,404 (FTE)
Design and Technology Technician job summary
Role: Design and Technology Technician
Salary: £8,189 – £8,317 (Actual Salary), Grade 3, SCP 3 to SCP 4, £24,027 to £24,404 (FTE)
Contract type: Permanent. 15 hours per week, term-time only
Reporting to: Learning Leader – Design Technology
Start date: 1st September 2025
About Us
This is an exciting time to be joining our Multi Academy Trust, which collectively educates over 4300 children, and employs over 450 professionals. Each of our good and outstanding academies operates at the heart of their local communities. The Foundation’s central offices are based at Sir John Deane’s Sixth Form College campus set in beautiful grounds.
This role is based at The County High School, Leftwich, which is a high performing, fully inclusive, co-educational, 11-16 school with approximately 1050 students, 60 teaching and 60 support staff. The school serves a mixed catchment area with a Published Admission Number of 210, and we are now significantly over-subscribed.
Further details about The County High School, Leftwich, can be found in the attached documents.
About the Role
The role will be 15 hours per week, 8.30am to 11.30am. Monday to Friday working term time only.
The successful candidate will provide practical and technical support to the D&T department, ensuring the smooth, safe, and effective delivery of lessons across material areas including Timbers, Polymers, Electronics, Textiles, CAD/CAM and Food Preparation and Nutrition. Technicians bring specialised knowledge in materials, processes, or technologies that can enhance the quality of student work, they will need to support the setup of complex projects and machinery. Design & Technology technicians assist teachers in delivering practical lessons safely and efficiently, to work under the teacher’s supervision, following all school safety systems.
Your Responsibilities
- Please refer to the job description attached.
What we are looking for
- Achieved Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate
- Hold relevant vocational qualifications (eg. Engineering, Catering, Textiles, COSHH)
- Energetic, able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Flexible approach and positive attitude towards work
- Confidence in using a range of tools, machinery, and digital equipment (e.g. printers, laser cutters, CNC machines)
Closing Date: Friday 4th July, 9am
Interview Date: Friday 11th July
If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Design and Technology Technician, please complete the application form today! You are strongly encouraged to get your application form submitted at the earliest opportunity, as we reserve the right to close our adverts earlier than advertised where sufficient applications have been received.
We’d love to hear from you!
If you would like to talk to us about the role before applying, please contact Mandy Pimlatt on 01606 333300 and we would be happy to answer any questions you have.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant must have enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. The school is an equal opportunities employer.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About The County High School, Leftwich
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1035 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The County High School, Leftwich website
A fully inclusive Secondary School in Northwich, Cheshire.
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