Technical Specialist

University of Bath; Bath; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Electric vehicle salary sacrifice

Gym discounts

Postgraduate tuition discounts

Job summary

University of Bath in Bath, England, seeks a Senior Teaching and Research Laboratory Technician to assist in running and maintaining teaching and research laboratories within the Department of Chemical Engineering. You will support the Technical Supervisor with admin tasks, procurement, safety, and coordinating facilities and equipment for both teaching and research activities.

The role is student-facing and requires confident communication with a diverse student body, with duties including

Responsibilities

• Assist the Technical Supervisor in establishing best practice for facilities management and forward planning of materials, equipment and space.
• Support procurement, stock levels, asset tracking and inventories across teaching and research labs.
• Deputise for the Technical Supervisor and represent the department at meetings as required.
• Ensure equipment and instrumentation are well maintained and safe to use in designated laboratories.

Job description

Salary Starting from £31,236, rising to £37,694

Based in the Department of Chemical Engineering, the Senior Teaching and Research Laboratory Technician will assist the Technical Supervisor in the organisation, coordination and maintenance of our teaching and research laboratories. In this role you will assume responsibility for a number of administrative tasks supporting the Technical Supervisor and wider technical team, such as ordering (including keeping records of expenditure on specific grant codes), liaising with Estates and external contractors, setting up and maintaining service contracts for equipment and maintaining up to date inventories of equipment.

This is in addition to the general duties of Chemical Engineering technical staff, who provide advice, instruction and services in analytical and instrumentation techniques to staff and students across the Department and the Faculty of Engineering and Design.

You will have a passion for helping others, for working in a higher education environment, and supporting ground-breaking research. You will assist in the smooth and efficient running of teaching and research laboratories, with a strong focus on the promotion of, and compliance with, health and safety.

This is a student-facing role, so the post-holder needs to be confident working and communicating with a diverse student (Undergraduate and Postgraduate) population. You will be instructing and supervising students in the safe operation of laboratory equipment during both timetabled sessions and while conducting research projects.

The primary responsibilities of the role are:

• To assist the Technical Supervisor in establishing and implementing best practice in the management of the facilities including forward planning of the effective usage of materials, equipment and space.
• To assist the Technical Supervisor with the management of laboratory and workshop facilities, asset control and maintenance, purchasing/procurement, stock level, asset tracking and inventory recording.
• To deputise for the Technical Supervisor in their absence and to represent the Department at meetings, etc. as required.
• To ensure that laboratory equipment and instrumentation is appropriately maintained and in full working order, particularly in the laboratories for which they are designated custodian.

To assist with other activities such as H&S Inductions, laser and chemical safety, cryogenic liquids & cryogenic systems and ordering of consumables

Further Information

This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
• Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

We’re committed to creating a health-supporting working environment where everyone can thrive and be at their best. We offer a range of resources to enable you to do that from your first day here, including:

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Right to Work in the UK:We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.

Anonymous shortlisting:We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.