Senior Faculty Technician - Physics

The Methodist Church in Britain; Newcastle upon Tyne; Presencial; GBP 32 000 - 52 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Excellent pension schemes

Flexible working hours and location

Generous holiday entitlement

Positive work-life balance

Resumo da oferta

The Methodist Church in Britain seeks a senior technician in the Department of Physics within the School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics. You will manage and improve laboratories, train staff and students, and support teaching, research and commercial activities.

Working in a multidisciplinary technical team, you will operate and maintain equipment, develop risk assessments and uphold COSHH and safety standards, ensuring high-quality outputs while balancing multiple priorities.

Qualificações

• Degree or HND in a relevant science or engineering discipline.
• Hands-on experience operating and maintaining specialist laboratory equipment such as lasers, vacuum systems, microscopes, spectroscopy, X-ray analysis, oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and solar simulators.
• Proven ability to independently diagnose complex technical faults and implement solutions; Proven experience implementing and managing health and safety requirements in science/engineering environments.

Responsabilidades

• Provide specialist technical expertise to support teaching, research, knowledge exchange and commercial activities
• Manage, maintain and enhance the School's laboratories and technical facilities, including NESST
• Work with academic staff, industry collaborators and sector specialists on research and technology development
• Deliver specialist technical training to staff and students
• Operate and maintain specialist laboratory equipment
• Diagnose complex technical faults in equipment and implement effective solutions
• Guide, train and support users from students and early-career researchers to experienced academics and external partners
• Maintain technical records, equipment maintenance logs, data logs, operational documentation and incident reports
• Develop, review and apply risk assessments, standard operating procedures, COSHH assessments and compliance documentation
• Provide guidance to staff and students on safe and effective working practices
• Manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work within agreed timescales

Conhecimentos

Excellent communication and Interper…

Guide, train and support a diverse set

Organisational and time-management

Accuracy and documentation

Independent and collaborative work

Proactive response to changing demands

Formação académica

Degree or HND

Descrição da oferta de emprego

A senior technician post in the Department of Physics, within the School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics, supporting teaching, research and commercial activity. The work centres on managing, maintaining and improving the School's laboratories and technical facilities, including the NESST facilities, and on training staff and students in specialist techniques. The post sits in a multidisciplinary technical team alongside scientific officers, supporting research from optical and satellite communications to solar and space physics. Proven health and safety experience and a degree or HND are required.

What the job involves

• Provide specialist technical expertise to support teaching, research, knowledge exchange and commercial activities
• Manage, maintain and enhance the School's laboratories and technical facilities, including NESST
• Work with academic staff, industry collaborators and sector specialists on research and technology development
• Deliver specialist technical training to staff and students
• Contribute to the continued development of the School's facilities, including NESST
• Operate and maintain specialist laboratory equipment
• Diagnose complex technical faults in equipment and implement effective solutions
• Guide, train and support users from students and early-career researchers to experienced academics and external partners
• Maintain technical records, equipment maintenance logs, data logs, operational documentation and incident reports
• Develop, review and apply risk assessments, standard operating procedures, COSHH assessments and compliance documentation
• Provide guidance to staff and students on safe and effective working practices
• Manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work within agreed timescales

What’s required

Qualifications

• Degree or HND

Experience

• Hands-on experience operating and maintaining specialist laboratory equipment such as lasers, vacuum systems, microscopes, spectroscopy, X-ray analysis, oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and solar simulators
• Proven ability to independently diagnose complex technical faults and implement solutions
• Proven experience implementing and managing health and safety requirements in science and engineering environments

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to guide, train and support a diverse range of users
• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• High accuracy and attention to detail when maintaining technical records and documentation
• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team
• Proactive response to changing operational demands

Nice to have

• Degree or HND preferably in physics, materials science, engineering or a related technical discipline
• Experience operating laboratory equipment, ideally in fundamental physics, materials characterisation or optical communications

What’s offered

• Excellent pension schemes
• Flexible working, including flexible hours and location where the role allows
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Positive work-life balance