DT Technician

Design Technology Technician

Sheffield, S10

£14.61 per hour

Start date: September 2026

Contract type: Temp - perm following 12 weeks successful temporary placement 

Working hours: Monday – Friday, term time only

Unique School Solutions are supporting a Secondary School in the S10 area of Sheffield to appoint a Design Technology Technician. You will be working in a busy school workshop environment preparing materials and supporting teachers with lesson preparation. You will need good knowledge of workshop health and safety and ideally previous school experience. The role is to start in September 2026 and for the right person could lead to a permanent job after 12 weeks.

About the school:

- Highly respected 11-18 secondary school in Sheffield

- Diverse community which the school serves

- "Good" school in all areas - Ofsted 2023

- High expectations for all students and staff

- Supportive and well organised leadership team

Essential requirements for the role:

- Previous experience working within a school or similar setting

- Excellent knowledge of workshop health and safety

- Experience of monitoring and ordering DT equipment

- Experience of preparing DT equipment for classrooms

- The ability to build rapport with young learners

- The ability to work under the direction of the class teacher as well as using own initiative

By working with Unique School Solutions, you will benefit from:

- The support of an experienced team of specialist consultants as well as a dedicated consultant who will be your point of contact from start to finish

- Paid via PAYE only with an inhouse payroll team, no hidden deductions from your pay

- Access to over 74 FREE, high quality training courses

- Refer a friend scheme

- Access to exclusive opportunities via our partner schools

- The opportunity to gain permanent employment after 12 weeks with no barriers due to our free temp – perm offer to schools

All candidates must adhere to our stringent vetting procedure which includes a face to face registration, professional references, and an Enhanced DBS.

Unique School Solutions is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Unique School Solutions is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Please note: the post holder will be engaging in regulated activity, working mainly or wholly with children. This position is exempt from the rehabilitation of offender’s act 1974. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay.