Engineering Technician (SME Group)

WMG, University of Warwick; Coventry; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

WMG, University of Warwick is seeking an Engineering Technician within the SME Group to manage day-to-day activity in the IIPSI Technical Hall. You will support a wide range of industrial and research projects and work with industry partners, academics and interns to ensure equipment and processes are operated safely and accurately.

You will contribute technical expertise to deliver high-quality outcomes, adapt to changing priorities, and help enable world‑class research through practical

Qualifications

• Engineering background with hands-on experience in industrial settings.
• Experience across equipment and processes incl. materials testing, fabrication, AM, automation.
• Strong problem-solving and safe working practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day activity in the IIPSI Technical Hall.
• Support a wide range of industrial and research projects.
• Ensure equipment and processes are operated safely, accurately, and effectively.
• Collaborate with industry partners, academics, researchers and interns to deliver high-quality outcomes.

Skills

Engineering Apprenticeship

Technical qualification

Education

Engineering Apprenticeship or equivalent technical qualification

Tools

Materials testing

Characterisation

Fabrication

Additive manufacturing

Automation

Electronics

Job description

As an Engineering Technician within the SME Group at WMG, you will manage day-to-day activity in the IIPSI Technical Hall, supporting a wide range of industrial and research projects. You’ll work closely with industry partners, academics, researchers and interns, ensuring that specialist equipment and processes are operated safely, accurately and effectively, while contributing technical expertise to help deliver high-quality outcomes.

About the Role

As an Engineering Technician within the SME Group at WMG, you will manage day-to-day activity in the IIPSI Technical Hall, supporting a wide range of industrial and research projects. You’ll work closely with industry partners, academics, researchers and interns, ensuring that specialist equipment and processes are operated safely, accurately and effectively, while contributing technical expertise to help deliver high-quality outcomes.

About You

You will be a technically skilled and hands-on engineering professional, ideally having completed an Engineering Apprenticeship or holding an equivalent technical qualification. You bring practical experience from a related engineering environment and are confident working across a broad range of equipment and processes — from materials testing and characterisation to fabrication, additive manufacturing, automation and electronics.

You will have strong problem-solving ability and sound technical judgement, able to make effective, cost-aware decisions when supporting complex industrial and research activity. Your communication skills will enable you to work closely with academics, project teams, external partners and visitors, ensuring their needs are understood and delivered to a high standard.

Adaptable and highly organised, you will thrive in a varied environment where priorities can change quickly. You’re capable of working both independently and as part of a collaborative team, managing your workload to meet deadlines and support multiple stakeholders. Health and safety will be second nature to you — you’ll understand its importance in engineering and be confident guiding others to work safely.

Above all, you will take pride in enabling innovation, supporting world‑class research and helping others achieve exceptional results using high‑quality technical solutions

About the Department

The Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) is the largest department at the University of Warwick, with over 800 staff and nearly 3,000 students across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in management, technology, and applied engineering.

We are globally recognised for our world‑class research, innovative industry partnerships, and teaching excellence, and we are proud holders of the Athena SWAN Silver Award and the Institutional Silver Award.