Senior Technician (Polymer Processing, Characterisation and Synthesis)

University of Manchester; Manchester; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous employer pension contribution

Christmas closure across all depart.*

Purple Place employee discount

Job summary

University of Manchester, based at the Royce Hub Building, seeks a Senior Technician to operate and maintain instrumentation for DSC, Rheology, mechanical testing and DMA, plus support spectroscopy (FTIR, fluorimetry, ellipsometry) for the Polymer Characterisation, Processing and Synthesis Core Facility.

You will enable external projects with industrial and academic partners, contribute to cross-disciplinary workflows, and work within a dynamic team dedicated to advancing materials science.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain DSC, rheology, mechanical testing and DMA instrumentation.
• Support spectroscopy capabilities including FTIR, fluorimetry and ellipsometry.

Job description

Overall Purpose

This role is based in the Royce Hub Building, a £105m investment containing £200m of equipment. Part of Royce’s mission is to provide access to the latest facilities to the UK Materials Science community and to catalyse industrial collaboration and exploitation of materials research, so, alongside supporting internal access to the equipment from within the University of Manchester, the role holder will also be working on external projects for both industrial and academic partners.

The Polymer Characterisation, Processing and Synthesis Core Facility builds upon the innovative, creative, practical, and research capabilities of our enterprising technical staff. The facility aims to accelerate interdisciplinary research and teaching by recognising the intrinsic synergies within the experimental workflows of Natural Sciences and Engineering, while also supporting the Royce Chemical Materials Discovery theme.

We are seeking a Senior Technician who will be primarily responsible for the operation and maintenance of instrumentation for physical characterisation techniques e.g. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Rheology, Mechanical testing and Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). The role will also involve supporting the core facility team in delivering spectroscopic capabilities, such as FTIR, fluorimetry and Ellipsometry.

Our benefits include:

(Grades 1-5)

• Generous employer pension contribution
• Christmas closure across all departments outside of annual leave and bank holidays
• Purple Place employee discount platform

For more information, please see University of Manchester Benefits. You can also find information on our Flexible and Hybrid working here.

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Enquiries about the role, shortlisting and interviews

Name: Dr Nicola Jones Senior Technical Specialist (Polymer Characterisation, Processing and Synthesis)

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