Senior Technician: Blast and Impact Group

Job description:

We are pleased to announce an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Technician: Blast group. This position is focused on supporting research into the characterisation of explosives, developing novel experimental techniques, and working in teams performing blast testing.

You will play a key role within a team of technicians and researchers supporting our Blast and Impact research group. You will use your skills and experience to take responsibility for planning, designing, developing, conducting and performing experiments to support research activities. You will be experienced in the safe use and detonation of explosives and skilled in developing and working with instrumentation in blast experiments. You will enjoy solving challenges and working on applied research projects.

Our research group spans across the various disciplines in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering. The laboratory, and your place of work, is located at Harpur Hill, Buxton.  The laboratory is a leading UK capability and has been used for many years to service academic, industry, and government research projects.

We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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