Technical Officer, UCD Civil Engineering, Fixed-term

University College Dublin; Dublin; On-site; EUR 48,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

University College Dublin is inviting applications for a temporary Technical Officer in the School of Civil Engineering to support laboratory and fieldwork activities in teaching and research.

The role involves maintaining laboratories, providing technical support for undergraduate and postgraduate work, and contributing to the activities of the Centre for Critical Infrastructure Research and Centre for Water Resources Research.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required.
• The appointee will undertake general tasks and maintenance in laboratories.
• Provide technical support for teaching and research activities.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support laboratory facilities and equipment.
• Provide laboratory and field-based technical support for teaching and research.
• Assist undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research activities.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Applications are invited for a temporary post of a Technical Officer within the School of Civil Engineering. To support civil engineering research and teaching, particularly relating to laboratory and fieldwork support. The School of Civil Engineering is a dynamic, research-driven school with a clear focus on delivering excellent teaching programmes. The School is home to two research centres: the Centre for Critical Infrastructure Research and the Centre for Water Resources Research. Teaching and research within the School includes the areas of construction materials, mechanics, structures, water and wastewater chemistry, hydraulics, geotechnics, and 3D printing.

The School's laboratories are an important part of both our research and teaching portfolios, and the successful appointee will become a member of the laboratory technical team in the School of Civil Engineering. They will be required to undertake general tasks, maintenance and upkeep duties within the laboratories, in addition to the provision of technical support (both laboratory and field-based). They will provide support for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research activities in the School, in addition to supporting the research and teaching activities of the School's faculty and Post-Doctoral researchers. The successful appointee will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and a strong work ethic.

Salary Scale: €48,239 - €63,177 per annum Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines.

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 25 September 2026.

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.

For Academic only: Nóta: Is iad na huaireanta oibre do lucht acadúil na huaireanta oibre atá leagtha síos faoi Chomhaontuithe Seirbhíse Poiblí. Le haghaidh tuilleadh eolais féach an nasc seo: https://www.ucd.ie/hr/t4media/Academic Contract.pdf

Tugtar cuireadh d'iarratais ar post sealadach Oifigeach Teicniúil laistigh de Scoil na hInnealtóireachta Sibhialta A earcú chun tacú lena gníomhaíochtaí teagaisc agus taighde, agus béim ar leith ar oibríochtaí saotharlainne agus oibre allamuigh. Mar aonad acadúil dinimiciúil atá dírithe ar thaighde, tá an Scoil tiomanta do chláir oideachais ar ardchaighdeán a chur ar fáil. Tá dhá ionad taighde sa Scoil: an tIonad um Thaighde ar Bhonneagar Criticiúil agus an tIonad um Thaighde ar Acmhainní Uisce. I measc na ngníomhaíochtaí teagaisc agus taighde ar fud na Scoile, tá ábhair thógála, meicnic, struchtúir, agus ceimic uisce/fuíolluisce, hiodrálaic, geoiteicnic, agus priontáil 3D.

Is cuid thábhachtach dár bpunanna taighde agus teagaisc araon saotharlanna na Scoile, agus beidh an té a cheapfar ina bhall den fhoireann theicniúil saotharlainne i Scoil na hInnealtóireachta Sibhialta. Beidh orthu tascanna ginearálta, dualgais chothabhála laistigh de na saotharlanna, chomh maith le tacaíocht theicniúil (saotharlannbhunaithe agus allamuigh araon) a sholáthar. Cuirfidh siad tacaíocht ar fáil do ghníomhaíochtaí teagaisc agus taighde fochéime agus iarchéime sa Scoil agus tacóidh siad ar aon tacaíocht le hobair bhaill foirne agus taighdeoirí Iardhochtúireachta laistigh den Scoil. Beidh scileanna cumarsáide agus idirphearsanta den scoth ag an té a cheapfar, agus eitic oibre láidir.

95 Technical Officer 2013 (7915) Scála Tuarastail: €48,239 - €63,177 in aghaidh na bliana Dèanfar an ceapachán ar scála agus de réir threoirlínte na Roinne Airgeadais

Dáta dúnta: 12:00 uair (am áitiúil na hÉireann) ar 25.09.2025 Ní mór iarratas a bheith istigh faoin am agus dáta atá sonraithe. Déanfar aon iarratas atá fós ar siúl ag an am dúnta 12:00 uair (Am Áitiúil na hÉireann) ar an dáta dúnta sonraithe a scriosadh go huathoibríoch ag an gcóras. Ní féidir le UCD glacadh le hiarratais dhéanacha.

Níl cúnamh ag teastáil ó UCD ó Ghníomhaireachtaí Earcaíochta. Seolfar ar ais aon CV a chuir na Gníomhaireachtaí Earcaíochta isteach. For Academic only: Nóta: Is iad na huaireanta oibre do lukt acadúil na huaireanta oibre atá leagtha síos faoi Chomhaontuithe Seirbhíse Poiblí. Le haghaidh tuilleadh eolais féach an nasc seo: https://www.ucd.ie/hr/t4media/Academic Contract.pdf