Technician (Wildlife, Geography Biology)

University of Salford; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A British university in Greater London is seeking a Technician for Wildlife & Biological Sciences. This role involves ensuring a high-quality experience for students, maintaining scientific instruments, and upholding safety standards. Candidates should have expertise in wildlife and biological sciences and be proactive in supporting laboratory and field work. The university offers competitive salary, professional development opportunities, and a commitment to employee well-being with flexible working arrangements and generous leave policies.

Benefits

Competitive salary and excellent pension scheme

32 days leave plus bank holidays

Opportunity for professional development

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Expert level knowledge in wildlife and biological sciences.
• Strong understanding of health and safety regulations.
• Experience in equipment maintenance and quality assurance.

Responsibilities

• Provide positive support for wildlife and biological sciences.
• Manage equipment maintenance and safety incident responses.
• Conduct audits and ensure compliance with quality standards.

Job description

Opportunity Overview

The role of Technician (Wildlife & Biological Sciences) is key to ensuring that students within SSEE can receive the best student experience possible in the degree programmes that encompass wildlife and biological sciecnes as well as supporting students from other degree programmes where required. The successful candidate will provide positive, proactive support and ability to ensure the safe, efficient, and high-quality operation of a range of scientific instrumentation and processes. The role will encompass support of wildlife & biological science equipment and related infrastructure, the provision of taught laboratory classes, and the support of project and field work activity. The successful candidate will contribute to maintaining high standards of laboratory safety, sustainability, and operational excellence. As part of a collaborative team, the role holder will also be expected to be familiar with, and provide support across, other areas to ensure a seamless and efficient service.

Key Responsibilities

• Specialist advice – Maintains expert level knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms, provides advice in their specialist area(s), recognizes and identifies the boundaries of their own specialist knowledge.

Equipment maintenance

• Liaising with technician management staff prioritise equipment maintenance, investigates causes of equipment issues and seeks resolution following department procedure, escalates unresolved issues, documents and closes equipment maintenance incidents according to university procedures.

Quality assurance (equipment & facilities)

• Contributes to the collection of evidence and the conduct of equipment and facility audits or review of activities, processes, or services; examines records for evidence that appropriate testing and other quality control activities have taken place and completes compliance with organisational directives, standards and procedures; identifies non-compliances, non-conformances and abnormal occurrences.

Safety and incident management

• Assists in delivery of health and safety guidance, assists in recording health and safety data, assists in compliance of health and safety data, carries out routine health and safety tasks across the directorate in liaison with external contractors, undertakes safety investigation on initial designs following provided methods, follows procedures, identifies, registers and categorises incidents, gathers information to enable incident resolution and promptly allocates incidents as appropriate, maintains records and advises relevant persons of actions taken.

About the School or About the Department

The Universitys School of Science, Engineering and Environment (SSEE) SSEE is a large multi‑disciplinary School comprising around 400 staff, including around 50 highly skilled technicians and approximately 4500 students studying on a range of taught and research programmes at BSc, BEng, MEng, MSc, MPhil and PhD level. SSEE embraces subjects as diverse as Zoology, Parasitology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Geography, Biomedical Science, Architecture and Construction Management, in a range of locations on the Peel Park campus.

What's in it for you?

Competitive salary

• Competitive salary and excellent pension scheme

An impressive 32 days leave

• Plus bank holidays, additional time off at Christmas and the opportunity to buy even more!

Flexible working

• We support a culture of flexible and agile working to help you find the right balance.

Professional development

• We offer a comprehensive package of training and development opportunities to help you achieve your full potential.

Our community

• There's a real sense of belonging here at Salford. We value diversity, in backgrounds and in experiences. Our difference makes us stronger, and together we share a passion for improving students' lives.