Technician Demonstrator in Built Environment

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university in the UK is seeking a proactive Technician Demonstrator in Built Environment. This role requires support for civil engineering and construction management programmes, focusing on health and safety in a practical environment. The ideal candidate will provide technical support, supervise students, and maintain safety standards in laboratory sessions. This full-time role offers a salary range of £29,588 to £33,951 per year.

Qualifications

• Ability to operate and demonstrate the use of equipment in construction and civil engineering.
• Understanding of Health and Safety regulations including risk assessments.
• Attention to detail to maintain accurate documentation.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to work in a team and autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support in setting up and clearing experiments.
• Supervise students during technical experiments.
• Prepare and deliver specialist workshops to students.
• Maintain an up-to-date inventory of tools and equipment.
• Conduct risk assessments and ensure health and safety compliance.

Skills

Ability to operate and demonstrate the use of equipment in key areas of construction and civil engineering

Understanding of Health and Safety regulations

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Ability to work in a cross-disciplinary team

Job description

Technician Demonstrator in Built Environment

Employer:

Wrexham University

Location:

Pay:

£29,588 to £33,951 per year

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

Yes

Closing Date:

10/12/2025

About this job

Wrexham University is seeking a proactive and diligent Technician Demonstrator In Built Environment to support the delivery of civil engineering, quantity and building surveying and Construction Management programmes.

The role requires a diligent and robust approach to health and safety in a busy practical environment, alongside a supportive and technical approach to practical laboratory sessions.

Key to this will be support academic colleagues and students with setting up and delivering laboratory sessions.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to academic staff in setting up and clearing away experiments related to teaching and research, across all areas and lab/workshop spaces in the relevant subject area in the faculty.
• Supervise students during technical experiments and tasks.
• Assist students with individual or small group projects.
• Prepare and deliver specialist workshops to students.
• Introduce a range of technical skills effectively, not only to students specialising in these technologies but also to students from outside the subject workshops.
• Provide explanations and demonstrations to students on the use of relevant equipment and resulting outputs.
• Ensure accurate records of attendance are kept for all demonstrations / workshops.
• Assist with research and income generating projects and support community based projects when appropriate.
• Direct students to academic pastoral support and/or student services when appropriate.
• Take direct responsibility for the Faculty’s specialist spaces to ensure an attractive, clean and safe working environment.
• Maintain an up-to-date inventory of tools, equipment, materials and furniture within the workspaces.
• Ensure that all equipment is appropriately cleaned and stored, any damaged or worn-out equipment reported, recorded and removed/repaired as required.
• Ensure regular safety checks of equipment and materials in all areas is performed and recorded in a satisfactory manner and maintain maintenance records as required.
• Use and prepare equipment and samples in response to job requests and standard operating procedures to ensure that work can take place on time.
• Maintain oversight of consumable materials ensuring that consumable materials are used cost-effectively, are accessible to staff and students and are correctly disposed of as and when required.
• Maintain technical specifications for portable and installed equipment/services.
• Report items that need replacing or any new purchases required to the Faculty Office with accompanying rationale ensuring that recommendations are made in line with University procurement procedures and are deemed to be cost effective in terms of purchase and service level agreement.
• Maintain up-to-date risk registers and health & safety documentation.
• Write, conduct and review risk assessments for all activities in the workspaces.
• Complete required documentation and follow the correct procedure for reporting any Health and Safety issues / incidents to the Faculty Leadership Team.
• Ensure that any actions from the annual audit are addressed and closed down within the required timescale.
• Ensure that appropriate management systems and procedures are in place to meet your health and safety duties and responsibilities contained within the University's health and safety policy.
• Ensure that appropriate risk assessment are carried out in respect of significant hazards and that safety inspections are undertaken on at least an annual cycle in each workplace under your control.
• Identify and meet personal development objectives and training requirements.
• Attend mandatory University training sessions associated with Health and Safety at work e.g., equipment moving and handling, fire safety, etc.
• Keep abreast of new technological developments in the field.
• Assess and report upon their suitability for use in the University environment.

Essential Criteria

• Ability to operate and demonstrate the use of equipment in one or more key area of construction and civil engineering.
• Demonstrable understanding of Health and Safety regulations, including the completion and adherence to Risk Assessments in a practical and professional environment.
• Careful attention to detail be able to maintain accurate documentation.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to work as in a cross disciplinary team and also the ability to be proactive when working autonomously.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of demonstrating the use of equipment to relevant users.
• A teaching qualification or Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE).
• Experience working with digital learning platforms such as Moodle.
• The ability to communicate through the medium of Welsh (desirable but not essential).

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