Description
Grade UE08: 49559 to 60907 per annum pro-rata if part-time
College of Science & Engineering / School of Engineering
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Open-ended (permanent)
The Opportunity:
The School of Engineering is seeking to appoint an experienced and talented Engineering Workshops Manager to join its skilled Technical Services team of ca.35 staff. The post holder worksclosely with the Technical Services Manager playing a leading role in delivery of a sustainable effective and safe approach to the running of the Schools workshops.
This is a new role in the School created to provide management and leadership of the extensive and varied workshop facilities which support teaching research and innovation activity across the Schools 4 engineering disciplines and 7 research institutes. The Engineering Workshops Manager will deliver a safe and efficient working environment across their area of responsibility ensuring compliance with policies and legislation and optimising use of the available resource. They have line management responsibility for workshop staff across manufacturing fabrication welding electrical and electronics work areas.
The School currently has 4 workshops:machine shop; welding; fabrication and electronics & electrical. Combined the workshops support learning and teaching and research and innovation. Equipment in the workshops includes: fibre laser cutter hydraulic guillotine CNC press brake vertical panel saw band saw MIG and TIG plants CNC plasma cutter jigging tables manual machines (lathes and mills) CNC (Computer Numerical Controlled) machines 3D printers laser cutters micro-TIG and handheld plasma cuttersoldering irons power supplies oscilloscopes signal generators and bench-top digital multi-meters (DMMs). The successful candidate should demonstrate excellent H&S awareness and familiarity with H&S documentation (e.g. risk assessments COSHH).
The role is customer-facing and the School is a diverse and international community of staff and students. The post holder will therefore have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a strong commitment to service delivery.
This role is full-time (35 hours per week) open-ended and available immediately. Part-time hours will be considered (21 minimum).
A full list of main responsibilities and the knowledge skills and experience required for the role can be found in the full job description below.
Your skills and attributes for success:
* Significant experience in a range of engineering roles relevant to this post.
* Demonstrated excellent organisational and planning skills.
* Proven experience managing both staff and non-staff resources.
* Sound knowledge of health & safety regulations and procedures in workshop environments.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Applicants should include a cover letter explaining how they fulfil each of the criteria listed under Knowledge skills and experience and an up-to-date CV with their application.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
* A competitive salary.
* An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work.
* To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
* Comprehensive Staff Benefits including generous holiday entitlement a defined benefits pension scheme staff discounts and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
A commitment to technical staff
In September 2017 the University of Edinburgh signed the Technician Commitment recognising the important role technicians play in research teaching and student Universitys current Action Plan commits to supporting technicians across the University in four areas: visibility recognition career development and sustainability.
Championing equality diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages(opens new browser tab).
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 26 June 2025.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
Hospitality Experience,Go,Management Experience,React,Redux,Node.js,AWS,Mechanical Engineering,Team Management,Leadership Experience,Mentoring,Distributed Systems
Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Yearly Salary Salary: 49559 - 60907 #J-18808-Ljbffr