Engineering Technician (SME Group)

Warwick; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) at the University of Warwick is seeking an Engineering Technician (SME Group) to manage day-to-day activity in the IIPSI Technical Hall for a range of industrial and research projects.

You will work with industry partners, academics and interns, ensuring equipment is operated safely and effectively while applying technical expertise to deliver high-quality outcomes. A technical apprenticeship or equivalent qualification is preferred.

Qualifications

• Engineering Apprenticeship or equivalent technical qualification.
• Hands-on engineering experience across equipment and processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day activity in the IIPSI Technical Hall for a range of projects.
• Ensure specialist equipment is operated safely, accurately and effectively.
• Collaborate with industry partners, academics, researchers and interns to deliver outcomes.
• Provide technical expertise to help deliver high-quality results.

Education

Engineering Apprenticeship

Job description

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Job Title: Engineering Technician (SME Group)

Reference: 262

Department: WMG - Research

Fixed Term End Date: 31st March 2028

Hours: Full-time, 36.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)

Full time Salary Range: £31,236.00- £34,610.00per annum

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.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here). .

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 theAthena SWAN Silver Awardand theInstitutional Silver Award.

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

The interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

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