Job Title
A highly skilled and experienced laboratory technician is required to provide specialist technical support and advice to academic staff, research staff, and students. The successful candidate will enable high-quality teaching and research in materials characterisation.
About the Role
You will play a key role in supporting experimental work across a range of advanced instrumentation and laboratory techniques. This includes the maintenance, setup, and operation of specialist equipment such as SEM, TEM, XRD, and other characterisation systems.
Key Responsibilities
* Maintenance and operation of scientific characterization instruments
* Supporting experimental work across various laboratory techniques
* Contributing to the development of new experimental approaches
* Training users on equipment
* Ensuring compliance with health and safety procedures
Requirements
To be considered for this role, you must have relevant experience and qualifications. You will need:
* EITHER an OND/ONC and/or NVQ level 3 or above (or equivalent standard) in a relevant engineering discipline, OR a recognised apprenticeship completed in a relevant engineering environment.
* Three years' recent relevant post qualification/apprenticeship practical experience operating and maintaining scientific characterization instruments.
* Demonstrable experience of performing sample preparation for a wide variety of material types using appropriate methods, mechanical design and assembly, working in a lab or workshop environment, and following technical diagrams and instructions.
* Good IT literacy skills and good communication and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications
* Three years' recent relevant post qualification/apprenticeship experience of operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting advanced characterization equipment, including but not limited to SEM, TEM, XRD, FTIR, DSC, and mechanical testing systems.
Benefits
This is a full-time post that offers the opportunity to work with a dedicated technical team and contribute to the development of new experimental approaches. You will also have the chance to train users on equipment and ensure compliance with health and safety procedures.
Contact Information
Please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information document on our website. Skills: Materials Characterisation Laboratory-Technician