Level 1 Core Facility Technician

University Of Bristol; Greater London; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Bristol's Biomedical building technical team supports labs across Psychology and Neuroscience, Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, and the Bristol Medical School. A dynamic Core Facility Technician will join the team to support core services for research labs and help scientists deliver world-class research.

The role includes daily to monthly duties such as waste collection, gas cylinder management, equipment maintenance, lab moves, culture media preparation, stock control, and

Responsibilities

• Ensure core lab tasks are fulfilled daily, weekly or monthly.
• Relocate and connect gas cylinders and maintain gas cylinder supplies.
• Assist with repairs, moves of lab equipment and preparation of spaces.
• Support preparation of simple culture media for bacteria and fruit flies.
• Manage stocks, order consumables and answer emails.
• Promote Health and Safety and engage in related activities.
• Attend team meetings and participate in events like the Technicians Conference.

Job description

The technical team based in the Biomedical building in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences is looking to fill a vacancy in our core technical team.

We provide core technical support to the Schools of Psychology and Neuroscience, Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and the Bristol Medical School. We are looking to appoint a dynamic, hardworking and enthusiastic individual to support the delivery of our core tasks. You will belong to a wider team of about 50 technicians but will be primarily based within a local team supporting core services for the research labs and in turn supporting scientists to deliver world class research.

What will you be doing?

You will be ensuring that important cores tasks are fulfilled on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. These tasks will include things like waste collection and recycling management, relocating and connecting gas cylinders and ensuring gas cylinder supplies, maintaining equipment such as organising and assisting with repairs, helping other teams in the building when necessary, assisting with lab equipment moves and helping to prepare lab spaces, supporting preparation of simple culture media for bacteria and fruit flies, managing stocks, ordering consumables, answering emails, and many other duties as detailed further in the job description.

Health and Safety is also an important part of a technician’s role and you will be expected to support and engage and support Health and Safety activities and promote best practice to all staff and students. You will also undertake training and development activities as required by the University and also additional job-specific training. You will also attend team meetings and other technical events like the annual Technicians Conference.

You should apply if

You are interested in a scientific technical support role in higher education and want to learn and grow your technical skills, you enjoy being physically active and hands on, and being part of a team and helping people.

You thrive in a busy, varied working environment and have excellent interpersonal communication skills, being able to communicate politely and courteously to many different stakeholders as required.

You enjoy routine but also easily adapt to unexpected demands as they come in. You have a strong attention to detail, enjoy problem-solving, and the ability to follow strict regulatory procedures and standard operating procedures - all of which are essential for success in this role.

Level 1 Core Facility Technician London, GB