Senior Technician (Mechatronics)

University of Manchester; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market leading Pension scheme

Employee health and wellbeing services

Generous annual leave

Christmas closure

Retail discounts

Job summary

The University of Manchester is seeking a Senior Technician to support undergraduate students in mechatronics within the Faculty of Science and Engineering. You will join the FSE Technical Operations - Makerspace team, helping design and maintain facilities, equipment and technical solutions that enable discovery and learning.

You will collaborate with teaching staff, timetabling and student societies such as Robosoc, Giant foamboard aircraft, UAV and ManSEDS to support projects and competitions

Responsibilities

• Support undergraduate students in practical mechatronics projects and teaching spaces.
• Maintain and develop Makerspace facilities, equipment and technical resources.
• Collaborate with teaching staff, timetabling and discipline tutors for experiment design.
• Ensure Health and Safety obligations are met across teaching spaces.

Job description

This role offers an exciting opportunity to play a key part in supporting Undergraduate students in the area of mechatronics. within the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Working as a Senior Technician within technical platform, you will apply your technical expertise to support practical student projects and student society activities. Through design and development you will help create the facilities, equipment and technical solutions that enable discovery, learning and innovation. Your contribution will directly enhance the student experience, support academic excellence, and help deliver sector leading teaching support.

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

Teaching - The teaching technical team provides high quality technical advice and support to students of all years of education. The team are led by 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.. 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.

The role will be part of the Makerspace team. The team is made up of 3 dedicated technicians and is supported by technical teams from other areas. The team support 3rd and 4th year group and individual projects and societies including Robosoc, Giant foamboard aircraft, UAV and ManSEDS.

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

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: John Bramwell

Email: [e-mail]

General enquiries:

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Technical support:

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

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.