Mechanical Workshop Senior Technician

Job title:

Mechanical Workshop Senior Technician

Company:

University College London

Job description

About usUniversity College London is a world-leading teaching and research university, often ranked in the top ten in the world with an annual turnover of well over £1 billion. We are a diverse community with the freedom to question and think differently and with over 14,000 staff and more than 41,500 students from 150 countries, we pursue academic excellence, break boundaries, and make a positive impact on real world problems. We have a proud heritage of disruptive thinking, a reputation for game-changing research and a unique multidisciplinary approach to problem solving.The Chemistry Department at UCL is one of the top-ranked departments in the UK and is committed to supporting excellence in both research and teaching. The Chemistry Department has over 60 members of academic staff carrying out world-leading research, with an annual research income of around £15 million, derived from many sources including UKRI (EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC, and NERC), European Commission and a wide range of charities and industrial partners in the UK, Europe, and the USA. A multidisciplinary research ethos is fully embedded in our activities in the Department with highly innovative research programmes across Engineering and Bioscience Departments and elsewhere at UCL as well as nationally, internationally and with industry. Details about our research can be found on the departmental website http://www.ucl.ac.uk/chemistry.About the roleThe main duties of the postholder will be to support the needs of the department with student projects and research by manufacturing items, such as experimental rigs and individual projects and help with their installation. The postholder would also be able to maintain our laboratories with items such as combustion engines, wave simulation tanks and bespoke equipment by repairing faulty equipment and manufacturing components.The postholder will be required to work on-site full-time as the post is not hybrid.About youThe postholder will be able to work on complicated mechanical engineering projects in good time and under minimal supervision and have the ability to lead to completion projects once they have agreed the instructions. To be approachable, to work within a team and be open to offer advice and direction when requested to fellow staff members and students in the form of individual and group meetings, email and telephone. The postholder must engage with staff and students in discussion, as presented in sketches and preliminary drawings, and having understood the requirements of the component or rig, advise the student or staff member on modification and further development of the design to increase ease of manufacture and reliability of the component and system after it has been manufactured. To also assist the student and staff in assembly of the device and with modifications to improve it and it’s smooth and reliable operation. Examples of advice that would be given are choice of materials to improve strength and smooth operation or to work in certain conditions and modifications to avoid leaks or breakdowns. Support of the department’s wider operations as required from time to time which could involve regenerations of laboratories and lecture rooms and also large scale projects that have specific deadlines. This may involve flexibility with working hours to reach deadlines on occasion. Although employed by Chemistry, the appointee will be based in the Mechanical Engineering Department.

Please note that this role is not hybrid. The post-holder will be required to work on-site full-time.A full job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of the page.Please do not apply for the post if you already applied within the last 6 months.What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.Available documents

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Location

North West London

Job date

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 04:05:40 GMT

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