Plumbing Lecturer

Plumbing Lecturer

Job Reference: PL/08.2026

Salary: This is a full time role with an actual salary of up to £42,598 per annum.

Working Hours: 33 hours per week over 4 days, working one in four Fridays, 52 weeks per year.

Job Reference: PL/08.2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Plumbing Lecturer to join our Construction department.

The College have successfully secured funding from the Greater Lincolnshire LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership) and have created a multi-million-pound centre of excellence for sustainability and renewable energies. The project transformed our provision with industry-standard workshops, equipment, and digital learning spaces. The Energy Centre allows us to expand our provision and offer new Engineering and Construction courses in electrical installation, plumbing, gas fitting and renewable energies including solar, wind, and air source heating. Together with our Institute of Technology, the Energy Centre marks a flagship investment by Grantham College in training for the jobs of the future). 

The purpose of the role is to be responsible for teaching various Renewable Energy, Gas, Plumbing and Domestic Heating qualifications at Levels 1, 2 and 3 on Full time students and/or Apprentices and assisting with the development of the Construction curriculum

The successful applicant must have:

• City and Guilds L3 Diploma or other awarding body in Plumbing and Domestic Heating or NVQ Level 3 in Plumbing and Domestic Heating or equivalent.
• Appropriate industrial experience
• Good communication and problem solving skills

• Good administrative /IT skills
• The ability to work to deadlines
• The ability to recognise opportunities to develop the construction curriculum

The roles main duties include:

• To teach, assess and as appropriate, internally verify various Renewable Energy, Gas and Plumbing construction courses up to level 3, on site and off site to students and/or apprentices
• To support the development and expansion of the Construction Curriculum, including the Full Time and Apprenticeship provisions.
• To ensure that the Construction Curriculum is fully up to quality standard and to assist with the further development of the Construction Centre.
• To assist in the marketing of the College provision through attendance at Careers Conventions, Open Days and other promotional events.
• To provide vocational support and guidance to learners and apprentices. To track and target individual student/apprentice progress.
• To carry out administrative duties associated with teaching and apprenticeship delivery, including maintenance of registers, schemes of work, assessments, reports, course records and course evaluations to a good standard and within established deadlines.
• To assist in the development of curriculum support materials.
• To carry out any course leadership duties as directed by the Head of Curriculum for plumbing programmes (either Full Time or Apprenticeships)
• To ensure safe working practices are observed by yourself and others (including students) for whom you are responsible.
• To provide such returns or reports as may from time to time be required by the Head of Curriculum or College.
• To assist in the recruitment of students and apprentices, including interviewing and enrolments.
• To assist with programmes of work experience and/or industrial and commercial liaison, including the organisation and monitoring of work experience placements.

This role requires you to engage in regulatory activity in the FE sector. The full definition of regulatory activity is set out in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Regulated activity includes teaching, instructing, caring for or supervising children if the person is unsupervised.

Fancy a 4-day working week*?

Grantham College operate a 4-day working week. Staff benefit from working a full-time contract over four days. You will work core hours of Monday to Thursday, working a Friday morning once a month

Grantham College experience positive benefits from the 4-day week, including improvement to staff wellbeing and morale. We have also seen benefits in terms of reduced staff turnover leading to greater consistency of performance for our students and apprentices. The number of staff sickness absence days has reduced alongside the energy usage for the college and therefore its carbon emissions. We have also seen improvements in key quality indicators such as student attendance and retention and we are confident this will feed through into improved achievement rates and more positive outcomes for our students.

What we offer you in return:

• An excellent pension scheme :
  • Teachers’ Pension: Employer Contribution 28.68%
• A continued professional development programme of up to £750 per academic year
• In addition to the 8 Bank Holidays a year, a generous annual leave allowance of:
  • 7.4 Weeks for Academic employees,
• Generous occupational sick pay scheme after one years service
• Family friendly policies, including up to 5 paid occasions for time off for dependants within a 12 month period, after the first year of service
• Up to Five college closure days in December in addition to annual leave

The closing date for all applications will be Sunday 20 September 2026.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be able to contact candidates who have been selected for interview.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be able to contact candidates who have been selected for interview. You are welcome to download a full application pack and return your completed application to hrapplications@grantham.ac.uk  
Please note that we do not accept CV’s by way of application or online application via other websites, you must complete a Grantham College application form. Grantham College are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This employment offer is subject to a self-funded satisfactory enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will have a deduction of £61.50 taken from payroll. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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