Location: | Edinburgh |
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Salary: | £32,982 to £38,205 pro rata, UE06 |
Hours: | Part Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 30th August 2024 |
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Closes: | 12th September 2024 |
Job Ref: | 10564 |
The Opportunity:
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to apply and develop your engineering, technical, facilities-management, Health & Safety and project management skills in an exciting and world leading research environment.
The successful candidate will provide specialist technical support across a range of scientific research laboratories, both within the James Clerk Maxwell Building and Erskine Williamson Building. These labs include rheology, optics & lasers, X-ray, high pressure, magnetism and extremes of temperature. You will have the ability to use, maintain and develop a full range of scientific equipment and apparatus, underpinning the supervision, training and support given to staff, students and visitors undertaking experiments within these facilities. Additionally, you will jointly fulfill the role of Deputy CSEC Superintendent, supporting and assisting the facility’s Superintendent in their various duties – including facilities management and health and safety guidance and compliance – particularly with respect to the laboratory facilities and the scientific equipment, apparatus and instrumentation therein.
As a minimum, you will be educated to HNC/HND level in a technical or engineering discipline and have experience in scientific laboratory and workshop environments. Whilst the role requires demonstrable knowledge and experience of instrumentation, experimental apparatus, and laboratory / facilities management, training in specialist areas will be provided as required
This post is part-time (24 hours per week) and is available with immediate effect. As this is a shared role, we would be open to considering a flexible working pattern.
As part of your application, we would welcome a CV and brief covering statement describing your suitability for this position.
Informal inquiries may be made by contacting the Technical Services Manager – Neil Wood – neil.a.wood@ed.ac.uk or the CSEC Superintendent – Katalin Kis – Katalin.Kis@ed.ac.uk
The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating discrimination. The School strives to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace for all and we are looking to actively diversify our staff. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and in particular encourage applications from people of colour, women, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ people and other minority and under-represented groups. We aim to ensure that our culture and systems support flexible and family-friendly working, as evidenced by our Juno Champion and Athena SWAN Silver awards.
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