Technical Manager

Lancaster University; Bailrigg; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancaster University in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Technical Manager in the Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences to lead and coordinate a team of technicians, overseeing deployment across research activities. You will support staff and students to achieve research goals while promoting best laboratory practice and safety compliance.

Build and maintain relationships with equipment suppliers and engineers to ensure instruments and facilities are up-to-date and well maintained, with

Qualifications

• Lead and motivate our technical team across research activities.
• Support staff and students to help them achieve research goals.
• Promote good laboratory practice and ensure safety compliance.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain good relationships with equipment suppliers and engineers to ensure instruments and facilities are kept up-to-date and in good repair.
• Oversee deployment of technical staff across research activities to support teaching and research.
• Champion safety, compliance, and high standards of lab practice across the division.

Job description

Senior Technical Manager in the Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences

The Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences (BLS), within the Faculty of Health and Medicine, seeks to appoint a Senior Technical Manager to help us to continue to deliver research excellence through the management of our research facilities and our team of research and teaching technicians.

We want you to become a part of our Division and its innovative and vibrant research culture.

Our team of technicians plays a critical role in supporting our world class biomedical research in areas such as cancer, infection biology, neurobiology and ageing, as well as our highly rated research-led teaching.

The Division is very well-provided with facilities and equipment for biomedical research. We have seen significant investment in our imaging capabilities over the past few years and now have three confocal microscopes, a deconvolution imaging system and a Zeiss fluorescence macroscope. Our most recent addition is a Lumicks CTRAP allowing single molecule manipulation and visualisation. We also have a transmission electron microscope, a variable mode fluorescent imager and three flow cytometers, including one dedicated cell sorter.

A small histology suite includes an Excelsior AS tissue processor, Histocore embedding station, 2 microtomes, a cryostat and a vibratome. Additional equipment and facilities include fluorescent and absorbance plate readers, an Agilent Bioanalyzer, real time PCR machines, as well as various HPLC and protein purification systems.

Further facilities comprise of insectaries, a unit dedicated to physiological research, radiation sources and a radioisotope facility, and tissue culture laboratories, including facilities to work with pathogens at containment category level III.

We are looking for an individual who can lead and motivate our technical team, managing their deployment across our research activities. You will be able to support our staff and students to help them achieve their research goals, while at the same time promoting good laboratory practice and ensuring safety compliance. We will expect you to build and maintain good relationships with equipment suppliers and engineers to ensure that our scientific instruments and facilities are kept up-to-date and in good repair.

In return the Division can offer you a friendly environment that strongly supports the individual needs of each employee and which actively promotes a healthy work-life balance. The Faculty is committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies and has held a Silver Athena SWAN award since 2014 in recognition of its good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education and research.

This position is available for immediate start on an indefinite contract, full-time basis. Job share will be considered.

Applicants wishing to consider the Skilled Worker Route should ensure they meet the points requirement before applying. Further information can be found on the UK Visas and Immigration website.