Senior Industrial Heritage Technician | Museum Service | Burnley | Full Time

Lancashire County Council; Preston; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in England is seeking a Senior Industrial Heritage Technician to lead the heritage technicians in maintaining working machinery at museum sites. The role involves managing a technical team, ensuring the safety compliance of operations, and developing partnerships to preserve heritage skills. Candidates should have a background in science or engineering and experience with historic machinery. This full-time position offers a salary between £28,142 and £32,062.

Benefits

26 days annual leave increasing to 32

Occupational health services

Local Government Pension Scheme

Access to staff discount scheme

Generous relocation reimbursement

Qualifications

• Experience in operating and maintaining historic machinery.
• Strong appreciation of the heritage sector.
• Willingness to gain knowledge about the Lancashire textile industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of heritage technicians in machinery maintenance.
• Ensure Health & Safety compliance in operations.
• Manage everyday maintenance of working mill machinery.
• Develop partnerships with local organizations on heritage skills.
• Monitor team performance and ensure best practices are followed.

Skills

Management ability

Health & Safety knowledge

Technical understanding of heritage machinery

Education

Science or engineering background

Job description

Job Description

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Senior Industrial Heritage Technician | Permanent | 37hrs | £28,142 - £32,062

Lancashire County Museum Service are currently recruiting a Senior Industrial Heritage Technician to lead a team of heritage technicians in the care, maintenance, and demonstration of working heritage machinery. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a team caring for the Lancashire textile industry collection - designated by Arts Council England as being of national importance.

Your new role

It will be in person and based at the museum sites of Helmshore in Rossendale and Queen Street Mill in Harle Syke, Burnley. It will be full time (37 hrs per week) and paid at Grade 6 (£28,142 - £32,062). As the Senior Industrial Heritage Technician, you will lead a team of staff and volunteers.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing the industrial heritage technical team including their training, deployment across two museum sites
• Managing the Health & Safety compliance for the maintenance and operation of all heritage machinery and site workshops
• Managing the day-to-day maintenance and operation of the working mill machinery in three mills across both sites. This includes:
  • Power generation and delivery by means of waterwheel and steam engine
  • The processes of Lancashire cotton spinning, cotton weaving and woollen fulling as interpreted at the museum sites
• Building partnerships with outside experts and local organisations to preserve the skills and knowledge required to operate historic machinery
• Monitoring performance and ensuring best practice

What we need from you

A science or engineering background focused on operating and maintaining historic machinery either from education, work experience, or pastime. An appreciation of the heritage sector, and willingness to gain an in‑depth knowledge of the Lancashire textile industry. Demonstrable management ability and an excellent knowledge of Health & Safety at work procedures.

Contact us

If you want to find out more about this specialist role, please make an appointment for an in‑person chat with the curator Philip Butler on either 12th or 14th November on 01772534016. Or you could come along to Helmshore Mills Textile Museum on Tuesday 18th November or Queen Street Mill Textile Museum on Wednesday 19th November between 1‑3pm to see for yourself.

These are just some of the benefits you could enjoy by working for Lancashire County Council:

Great holiday entitlement

• 26 days annual leave entitlement rising to 32, after five years' continuous service (pro rata for part time employees)
• Ability to buy up to 20 days additional leave per year (pro rata for part time employees) - dependant on your job role and business need
• Eight bank holidays and two further additional statutory days during the Christmas and New Year period

Health and wellbeing

• Occupational sick pay scheme
• Occupational Health Services
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eyesight test contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme

Family friendly employer

• Help to balance family commitments, including generous maternity leave, paternity leave and support for working carers
• Adoption and parental leave

Financial benefits

• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, death in service payments, life assurance and dependents pensions
• A long service award scheme
• Access to the Blues and Twos credit union for you and your family
• A generous relocation reimbursement package to move to Lancashire

Staff discounts

Our staff discount scheme offer you access to a huge range of discounts across the UK's major retailers including supermarkets, technology, fashion, travel and much more

Training and development

• Training and development opportunities
• Apprenticeship scheme - available to all employees
• Staff Recognition Scheme and Annual Awards Ceremony

Travel benefits

• Discounts on bus travel
• Bike stores, changing and showering facilities in some locations

The Lancashire values

We value our staff as individuals and aim to help them achieve their full potential while working for us. We offer a work environment that encourages staff engagement, team working and problem solving and we recognise the importance and benefits of a good work life balance.

All of our staff are expected to live by our Lancashire values. These values, which have been developed and agreed by our staff, reflect the way we work with our customers, partners and each other and they flow through everything we do.

Supportive

We are supportive of our customers and colleagues, recognising their contributions and making the best of their strengths to enable our communities to flourish.

Innovative

We deliver the best services we possibly can, always looking for creative ways to do things better, putting the customer at the heart of our thinking and being ambitious and focused on how we can deliver the best services now and in the future.

Respectful

We treat colleagues, customers and partners with respect, listening to their views, empathising and valuing their diverse needs and perspectives, to be fair, open and honest in all that we do.

Collaborative

We listen to, engage with, learn from and work with colleagues, partners and customers to help achieve the best outcomes for everyone.

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

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