Senior Technician (Aerospace Teaching)

University of Manchester; Manchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Health and wellbeing services

Generous annual leave

Christmas closure

Staff discounts

Job summary

The University of Manchester seeks a Senior Technician (Aerospace Teaching) to provide expert technical advice, practical support and daily coordination across Aerospace teaching spaces. You will work with the Teaching Technical Specialist and wider team to prepare, operate, maintain and demonstrate equipment used in practical classes, ensuring safety and reliability for students and staff.

You will join FSE Technical Operations within the Teaching area, supporting a range of aeronautics labs,

Qualifications

• Provides specialist technical advice for Aerospace teaching.
• Supports students and staff with practical equipment use.
• Maintains and demonstrates equipment used in practical classes.
• Ensures health and safety obligations are met in teaching spaces.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, operate, maintain and demonstrate aerospace teaching equipment.
• Coordinate day-to-day activities across aerospace teaching spaces.
• Provide practical support to students and staff during labs and field trips.
• Collaborate with Teaching Technical Specialists to plan resources and improvements.

Skills

Technical support

Equipment operation

Safety compliance

Team coordination

Tools

Jet engine test rigs

Flight simulators

Job description

The Senior Technician (Aerospace Teaching) provides specialist technical advice, practical support and day-to-day coordination across Aerospace teaching spaces. Working with the Teaching Technical Specialist and the wider technical team, the role prepares, operates, maintains and demonstrates equipment used in practical classes, supports students and staff, and helps plan resources and improvements. The role makes a direct difference to the student experience by ensuring that Aerospace teaching is safe, reliable, inclusive and delivered to a consistently high standard.

As Technical Staff, you are part of Professional Services. Together, all technical staff who work within the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) form FSE Technical Operations.

FSE Technical Operations is organised into five key functional areas:

• Research
• Teaching
• Infrastructure & Facilities
• Workshops
• Computing, Robotics & AI

Within FSE Technical Operations, you will belong to the Teaching area.

Teaching - The teaching technical team provides high quality technical advice and support to students of all years of education. They also support academic staff in the diverse range of areas within the Faculty of Science and Engineering. The team are led by several Teaching Technical Specialists (TTS) who are responsible for managing and coordinating technical support for teaching in each of their specific disciplines. This includes all related teaching space, associated equipment and ensuring all Health and Safety obligations are met. The team support a host of taught units within each department. These can be based in computer clusters, bespoke labs or other shared areas. They also support student projects, student societies and field trips in the areas of Civil engineering, Aero and Earth Science. The team works closely with Timetabling, Discipline Heads of Education and laboratory tutors to advise on experiment design and the technical resource required for its delivery.

Within the Teaching area, you will be part of the Aerospace Teaching Technical Team.

The Aerospace Teaching Technical Team supports practical teaching, student projects, student societies and field activities across Aerospace Engineering. The team prepares and maintains specialist facilities including internal combustion and jet engine test rigs, fluids and smoke laboratories, flight simulators and field events. Team members work closely with academic staff, laboratory tutors, timetabling colleagues and students to plan practical delivery, provide technical guidance and ensure that equipment and teaching spaces are safe, ready and fit for purpose. The team operates as a collective, with members cross-trained across key activities to provide resilience and continuity of support. While all technicians are able to support the wider Aerospace teaching portfolio, individuals are encouraged to develop and lead in areas aligned with their particular skills, experience and technical strengths.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.