Specialist Technician (Teaching – Rapid Prototyping)

City of Bristol College; Clifton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Bristol College in Clifton invites applications for a Specialist Technician (Teaching – Rapid Prototyping). You will be the first point of contact for students and academics in the teaching space, supervising practical activities and ensuring equipment readiness.

The role involves liaising with academic staff to support current and future lessons, maintaining laser cutters and 3D printers, and promoting safe working practices.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with rapid prototyping tools and equipment.
• Experience teaching or coaching, ideally in an educational context.
• Ability to work safely in an engineering environment.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• First point of contact for students and academics regarding the teaching space.
• Supervising teaching space, including consumables levels, practical support, inductions and maintenance.
• Liaising with academic staff to support current and future practical taught lessons.
• Supporting other areas of the team as required.
• Reacting and resolving issues as they arise.
• Ensuring safe/good working practices in the teaching space.
• Maintaining rapid prototyping equipment for student use.

Skills

Hands-on prototyping

Teaching / mentoring

Communication

Tools

Laser cutters

3D printers

Prototyping equipment

Job description

Specialist Technician (Teaching – Rapid Prototyping)

Can you make things using tools and machinery?

Do you have experience with teaching,coachingor mentoring?

Are you organised and a great communicator? Ifsoread on…

We are looking for an experienced maker with a passion for educating the next generation of engineers. Your skills will include the latest rapid prototyping technology, enhancing excellent hands‑on engineering teaching. You will supervise teaching spaces supporting a varied user base, delivering training and support for a variety of equipment, liaising with stakeholders, planning for futuresessionsand providing support for the best possible practical teaching in the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

What will you be doing?

• Working as the first point of contact for students and academics regarding the teaching space.
• Supervising teaching space, including consumable levels, practical support, inductions and maintenance.
• Liaising with academic staff to provide ongoing support to current and future practical taught lessons.
• Supporting other areas of the team as and when required.
• Reacting and resolving issues as they arise.
• Ensuring safe/good working practices in the teaching space.
• Maintaining rapid prototyping equipment for student use..

You should apply if

• You enjoy working with young people to enable them to reach their potential.
• You have hands on experience with rapid prototyping tools and equipment.
• You have experience in the use and maintenance of new equipment including
• laser cutters and 3D printers
• You know how to work safely in an engineering environment.
• You have experience of teaching or coaching, ideally in an educational context

Additional information

Contract type: Fixed-term until 31/01/2028 (cover position)

Work pattern: Full-time

Grade: G

School/Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on Tuesday 22nd September 2026

It is anticipated that interviews will be held on or around Wednesday 30th September 2026

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