Job Description

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN

Salary: Scale 4 Pt 7-8 (£22,635.48 - £22,996.41) actual salary per annum, depending on qualifications and experience.

Hours: 37 hours per week term time only (39 weeks per year)

Start Date: As soon as possible

This is a full-time position, but candidates interested in part-time hours would also be considered.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and efficient Design and Technology Technician to provide comprehensive technician support service to staff and students undertaking the Design and Technology curriculum.

The Design Technology Department at King Edward VI Grammar School (KEGS) comprises 4 teachers and 1 technician. The team are friendly and hardworking and are looking forward to welcoming an enthusiastic new colleague to join them.

The postholder will be required to complete mandatory Health and Safety checks, use wood and metal working machinery, prepare materials for use by the students in advance of lessons, support students and teaching staff during lesson delivery, take responsibility for the maintenance and inventory of tools and materials and ensure the learning environment is clean and tidy throughout the day.The successful applicant will have good organisational, planning and time management skills. Previous experience in wood working (circular saw, bandsaw, planer thicknesser) and metal working (casting, centre lathe, bench top mill) is essential.

Due to our stringent safeguarding protocol, applications for employment at KEGS can only be accepted on our formal Recruitment Application Form.

Application form and job description are available to download from our website www.kegs.org.uk, or by emailing recruitment@kegs.org.uk.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications is 12 noon on Friday 26 September 2025. Interviews will be held shortly afterwards.

King Edward VI Grammar School demonstrates a commitment to safeguarding children.

Information about the School

King Edward VI Grammar School is a selective boys' state school with a mixed Sixth Form and an exceptional academic and extra-curricular reputation based in Chelmsford. As a school specifically providing specialist education to very able young people, there is a strong focus on academic achievement, with the vast majority of students (both those boys who join in Year 7, and students, including girls, who join for the sixth form) going on to top universities. There is a serious work ethic at KEGS which derives from highly motivated students and dedicated staff. Recent results have put us near the top of national GCSE and A level rankings, and 23 students who left us in Summer 2019 gained places at Oxford or Cambridge and a further 23 went on to study medicine at university. However, league tables are not our guiding principle – we value breadth of study as well. We also focus significant effort on the progress of students who may find a particular subject area more challenging than others, and we have an extensive programme of mentor support.