Technical Officer

The Australian National University; Canberra; On-site; AUD 101,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four weeks paid vacation per year

Relocation assistance

17% employer superannuation

Generous parental leave

Flexible & part-time options

Parental & aged care support program

Dual career hire programs

Staff and family tuition discounts

School holiday programs

On-campus childcare facilities

Job summary

The Australian National University is seeking an ANU Officer 6 (Technical) to provide hands-on technical support across laboratories, workshops, specialised equipment, and research infrastructure. You will work within a Technical Services team and contribute to innovative research and student experiences.

This full-time fixed-term role offers variety, autonomy, and professional development, with a focus on safety, teamwork, and technical excellence in one of Australia’s leading engineering

Qualifications

• Experience in laboratory operations and equipment maintenance.
• Ability to work across multiple engineering disciplines with a practical focus.
• Interest in continuous improvement and safe, collaborative work practices.

Responsibilities

• Join a highly skilled Technical Services team working with researchers, WHS professionals, contractors and suppliers.
• Develop and apply expertise across engineering disciplines including laboratory operations and infrastructure management.
• Contribute to safety, teamwork and technical excellence in a supportive environment.

Skills

Laboratory operations

Equipment maintenance

Compliance

Fabrication support

Infrastructure management

Job description

Classification: ANU Officer 6 (Technical)

Salary package: $100,847 - $105,459 per annum plus 17% superannuation

Terms: Full time, Fixed Term (up to 12 months) (flexible arrangements will be considered)

Position Description and Selection Criteria, p lease visit the official ANU Jobs website to download the document : http://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/563697?lApplicationSubSourceID=

In 1946, ANU was founded to help rebuild a changing world. We’re still at it, 80 years later. For generations, our people have turned curiosity into ideas that have shaped Australia and our region. Learn more about ANU, our history and the community that has shaped us: ANU at 80

• Join a highly skilled and collaborative Technical Services team, working closely with researchers, academics, WHS professionals, contractors, and industry suppliers.
• Develop and apply expertise across multiple engineering disciplines, including laboratory operations, equipment maintenance, compliance, fabrication support, and infrastructure management.
• Work in a supportive environment that values safety, teamwork, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.

About the opportunity

Play a vital role in supporting cutting‑edge research, teaching, and technical operations. Working within a collaborative Technical Services team, you will provide hands‑on technical support across laboratories, workshops, specialised equipment, and research infrastructure and contribute to innovative research and outstanding student experiences.

This role is ideal for a practical and solutions‑focused professional, the position offers variety, autonomy, professional development, and the chance to make a tangible impact in one of Australia's leading engineering schools.

About the School/Department

The School of Engineering brings together a diverse and welcoming community that is motivated to seek “wicked problems”. We connect divergent thinkers, to explore and pose solutions, that cross the traditional interdisciplinary and global boundaries. We have evolved from our foundational strength in systems thinking, reaching beyond traditional engineering fields. This systems approach embraces our core strengths and is shaped around five focus areas: Aerospace, Energy, Environmental, Information & Signal Processing, and Mechatronics. Join us in our fundamental quest of discovery and passionate pursuit of knowledge that goes beyond our lived world.

About the College

As one of the great universities of the world, ANU is driven by a culture of excellence in everything we do. Our lived experience is increasingly one of large‑scale systems of people, whose actions and interactions are influenced by our digital, physical and biological environment. The ANU College of Systems and Society (CSS) hosts many of the key disciplines necessary to help us design, build, regulate and secure the future.

CSS brings together expertise in social, technical, computational, ecological and scientific systems to build a new approach to systems design and build new national capabilities in data‑driven policy and business development. The work we do in the College is to strengthen our national mission and meet our unique responsibilities as Australia’s national university. We will deliver on our mission by building a strong community, providing transformative educational experiences, conducting high‑impact research, seeking meaningful engagement, and becoming a resilient organisation.

We welcome and openly acknowledge differences in expertise, research / education / professional focus, experience and perspective.

CSS is a vibrant and diverse community of more than three thousand students, staff, and visitors. Our College is comprised of the School of Computing, School of Cybernetics, School of Engineering, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Mathematical Sciences Institute, and the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, supported by the Professional Services Group.

Enquiries

To enquire about this role, please contact Dr Beatris Velasco, Technical Services Manager, via phone at [phone] or email [e-mail]

Our commitment to diversity, belonging, inclusion and equity

ANU is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, and particularly welcomes applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Furthermore, it is practice in the ANU College of Systems and Society to actively seek a gender mix of shortlisted candidates for interview. For more information about staff equity at ANU, visit https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/respect-inclusion.

We welcome and develop diversity of backgrounds, experiences and ideas and encourage applications from individuals who may have had non-traditional career paths, who may have taken a career break, had career disruptions or who have achieved excellence in careers outside of the higher education sector. We support applicants who require flexible arrangements in their work environments or patterns. If your experience looks a little different to what we’ve described, but you’re passionate and motivated by this position, we welcome your enquiry and application.

For more information about staff equity at ANU, click here. For enquiries about the application process, or if you require reasonable adjustment to apply for this role, please contact the hiring manager on the above listed details.

What we offer

• four weeks paid vacation per year
• assistance with relocation expenses
• 17% employer contribution to superannuation
• generous parental leave
• possibility of flexible and part time working arrangements
• a parental and aged care support program
• dual career hire programs
• staff and family tuition fee discounts
• ANU school holiday programs
• childcare facilities on campus

For more information, visit: https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources