Technician mechanical engineering
Technician mechanical engineering
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Job Description
Grade:UE.00 to 33482.00 per annum
College of Science & Engineering School of Engineering
Contract type: Open ended (permanent)
Full time: 35 hours per week
The Opportunity:
The School of Engineering is seeking to appoint a Technician to join its skilled Technical Services team of ca.35 technical staff supporting a diverse and expanding range of research and teaching appointee will be primarily responsible for assisting with the safe sustainable and efficient running of the Schools suite of mechanical engineering teaching laboratories. This will include the provision of technical support to a broad variety of student projects and research projects within the School. The postholder will be involved in assisting in the delivery of teaching and demonstrating in the laboratories the manufacture of components and apparatus repair and maintenance of equipment within the labs and stock control.
The Schools mechanical engineering teaching suite consists of two main teaching laboratories a welding bay and a flexible teaching space. The facilities include various manufacturing and fabricating equipment including pillar drills 3D printers guillotine computer numerical control (CNC) router laser cutters and MIG and TIG welding plants. The lab maintains a good range of hand tools and a stock of a variety of components and materials to support project builds and equipment repair.
The successful candidate should demonstrate an enthusiasm for engineering and personal development with a commitment to keep pace with emerging technologies. They will have relevant demonstrated and recent experience working in a mechanical workshop environment (or similar) and be educated to N/SVQ Level 3 (which may have been acquired as part of a recognised apprenticeship programme) or equivalent in relevant subjects (e.g. mechanical engineering). Alternatively the candidate will have additional demonstrable technical experience in progressively more demanding work. The role is customerfacing and the School is a diverse and international community of staff and students. The post holder will therefore have excellent interpersonal and communication skills an understanding of health & safety and a strong commitment to service delivery.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Passion for mechanical engineering
- Proven technical faultfinding and problemsolving skills
- Hands on experience with a range of workshop machinery and hand tools
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Commitment to Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
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Application Information:
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary
- An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits such as a generous holiday entitlement competitive pension schemes staff discounts and familyfriendly initiatives. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits page(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
The Universitys commitment to technicians
In September 2017 the University of Edinburgh signed theTechnician Commitment recognising the important role technicians play in research teaching and student support. The Universitys current Action Plan commits to supporting technicians across the University in four areas: visibility recognition career development and sustainability.
Championing equality diversity and inclusion:
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to work webpages(opens new browser tab).
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note:
The closing date for applications is 21 May 2025.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
