Lead Design Technology Technician (Part Time)

Brentwood Senior School is an academically selective HMC co-educational independent school with small class sizes and a happy, ambitious and supportive staff team. It is part of Brentwood School, a 3-18 HMC school of 1900 pupils, just 35 minutes from London Liverpool Street. We are seeking to appoint a Design Technology Lead Technician to support the Head of Department and teaching staff with the preparation of resources, operation and maintenance of workshop machinery/tools, lesson support and administration. The successful candidate will observe strict Health & Safety guidelines and keep knowledge of this area up to date. They take the lead role in the organisation and running of the prep room and associated tasks. They will also require a strong knowledge of working with woods, metals and plastics, using a variety of machinery such as lathes, milling machines, casting, welding, sawing and abrading machinery, alongside experience using CAD CAM. This role is part-time, 15 hours per week, term-time only plus up to three Saturdays or equivalent per year if required and all Staff INSET days. 8am – 4.15pm Monday and Tuesday (7.5 hours per day, plus 45-minute lunch unpaid). Brentwood School ethos We embody our values of virtue, learning and manners just as those before us have been doing since 1557. We are proud of our modern inclusive community which is shaped by our Christian Foundation. At Brentwood we ask ‘how is this child intelligent?’ (rather than ‘how intelligent is this child?’) and believe that finding what it is that makes someone tick is the secret to a successful education and the platform for a fulfilled life. Our pupils are confident without being arrogant, they look out for each other, they do the right thing, even when no one is looking, and they respect difference. We help our pupils to solve problems. In partnership with parents, we teach them to persevere after setbacks, adopt a growth mindset, and challenge the norm. We encourage them to ask questi