Mechanical Workshop Technician

Imperial College London invites applications for a Mechanical Workshop Technician to work in the Particle Physics Mechanical Workshop to contribute to the ongoing research activities of the Community.

Particle Physics is the study of the fundamental building blocks of nature and the forces holding them together. The Particle Physics Community has an international reputation for advancing the field and members lead many of the current and future international experiments addressing basic questions about matter and energy at CERN (Geneva) and other locations both in the UK and around the world.

The Particles Mechanical Workshop provides support services to the research programme of the Particles community, which consists of around 200 members, comprising 24 academics, 54 research staff and 52 PhD students, plus additional support staff and academic visitors.

As part of a team of three technical staff you will be responsible for providing mechanical engineering design and manufacturing services to Particles research staff and collaborators.  You will be a proficient machinist expected to manufacture components and contribute to the assembly, installation and commissioning of equipment which forms apparatus used for research. You will be expected to contribute significant design and precision manufacturing skills.

You will have:

• BTEC HNC in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• NVQ to level 3 in a relevant accredited workplace
• Satisfactory completion of a recognised apprenticeship programme in engineering including working in an engineering workshop as part of an approved training scheme
• Experience in the use of traditional engineering machines and hand tools
• Full experience in the use of CNC machines and their applications
• Experience of working in a university workshop/laboratory environment
• Demonstrable relevant practical experience
• Understanding and use of 3D printers and the relevant software
• Good general IT skills, use of Inventor, FeatureCAM and other CADCAM software
• An understanding of the operation, use and capabilities of all equipment within the workshop environment
• An understanding of safe practice in an engineering workshop
• Ability to organise own workload from a prescribed list of tasks
• Ability to work in a methodical manner and to work on more than one project at any given time
• Willingness to undertake training to improve skill base or adapt to changing circumstances and needs
• Willingness and be able to travel abroad to carry out any required works
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

What we can offer you:

• The opportunity to continue your career at a world-leading institution and be part of our mission to continue science for humanity.
• Grow your career: Gain access to Imperial’s career support for technicians as well as opportunities for promotion and progression.
• Sector-leading salary and remuneration package (including 39 days off a year and generous pension schemes).

Applications can be made online via our website. Please go to www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs  and search for NAT01845.

This is an open-ended position available immediately.

This position is based at South Kensington, but some occasional UK and foreign travel may be required.

The Particle Physics Community’s strategy for leadership in designing, constructing, and exploiting scientifically the leading experiments in particle physics sustains our high international profile. The Community has a strong ongoing experimental programme encompassing the T2K, Super-Kamiokande and future Hyper-Kamiokande experiments in Japan; the short baseline neutrino programme at Fermilab, the future neutrino oscillation experiment DUNE at Fermilab and SURF in the USA; the search for charged lepton flavour violation with COMET in Japan; the CMS and LHCb experiments at the LHC; the search for dark matter with the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment in the USA and the future XLZD experiment; the Atom Interferometer Observatory and Network (AION) project in the UK and the USA; Antimatter spectroscopy, MICE, SHiP activities and the development of future experiments and impact through the application of particle physics technologies. There are also significant accelerator, phenomenology and Grid computing programmes. As hosts to two Imperial College Centres of Excellence—namely, the Centre for Clinical Application of Particles and the Centre for High-Throughout Digital Electronics and Machine Learning - we demonstrate a commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration.

Visit our webpages for more information about the Department of Physics and the Particle Physics Community.

The Department of Physics is an IoP JUNO Practitioner and an Athena Silver SWAN Award winner reflecting our commitment to building a supportive, inclusive and highly motivated community.  The Department is committed to being a welcoming and supportive environment for everyone and has put in place a number of measures to promote a collaborative and stimulating culture. We value diversity and strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds. Individuals who identify as female and those who consider themselves as underrepresented are particularly encouraged to apply. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex or sexual orientation. Further information about how the College strives to create and support an equitable workplace can be found here.

Further details about the position are available from:

Kevin Ladhams, Mechanical Workshop Manager,  k.ladhams@imperial.ac.uk.

Should you have any queries about the application process please contact:

Paula Brown, Section Administrator, paula.brown@imperial.ac.uk.

If you experience any technical issues when applying online please email: 

support.jobs@imperial.ac.uk