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Engineering Assessor (Temporary)

Dovetail Ref: 193016
FE & HE Competitive Contract / Temp mid Level 4 November 2026
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Education Details

Engineering Further Education training provider
Levels: Apprenticeships

Job Description

Engineering Assessor

Temporary | Contract

Start date: November 2026

Are you an experienced engineering professional looking to pass your trade on to the next generation?

About the Role

You'll join a further education provider to deliver training and assessment to engineering apprentices, both on site with employers and in a workshop setting.

You'll manage a caseload of apprentices, adapting your delivery so each one can make progress, and you'll assess their work against awarding body standards.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Carrying out workplace observations and assessments of apprentice competence.
  • Planning and delivering individual training plans tailored to learner needs.
  • Providing clear, constructive feedback in line with awarding body standards.
  • Completing regular progress reviews with learners and employers.
  • Maintaining accurate assessment documentation and learner records.
  • Preparing apprentices for End Point Assessment.

What We're Looking For

Essential:

  • A recognised qualification in engineering
  • Recent industry experience in engineering
  • The ability to motivate and support learners to achieve
  • A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for travel to employer sites

Desirable (but not essential):

  • An assessor award or teaching qualification
  • Previous experience of assessing or training apprentices

If you're ready to put your engineering experience to work developing the next generation of apprentices, we'd love to hear from you.

Important Notice Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn't quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS, PVG (Scotland), or EWC (Wales) check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Dovetail and Slate Ltd (11351060) acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. We are an equal opportunities employer. By applying, you consent to your data being processed for recruitment purposes in line with our Privacy Policy. Because education matters. © Dovetail and Slate Limited.

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Aidan Merritt

Aidan Merritt

Recruitment Consultant

Requirements

  • Recognised qualification in engineering
  • Recent industry experience in engineering
  • Full UK driving licence
  • Access to a vehicle for travel to employer sites

Skills & Qualifications

Engineering assessmentApprentice trainingWorkplace observationsIndividual training plan deliveryEnd Point Assessment preparationLearner progress reviewsAssessment documentation

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