About The Role
For informal enquiries, please contact Chris Purssell (Facilities Manager (EBS)) c.p.purssell@warwick.ac.uk
Previous applicants need not re-apply.
Full time permanent post – 36.5hours/week
This role involves supporting the safe and efficient operation of the Engineering Build Space (EBS) in collaboration with the Facilities Manager and Process and Production Specialist(s).
You will ensure adherence to health and safety, compliance, and statutory requirements, while implementing safe systems of work. Additionally, you will work closely with academic staff and stakeholders to provide technical expertise for seminars, workshops, and projects across various degree programmes.
You will assist with the design, development, and setup of teaching and research equipment, offering advice on feasibility, technical issues, and providing practical solutions. You'll help manage access to the EBS, ensure proper equipment maintenance, and support researchers and academics with design and technical queries.
The role also includes providing technical advice on manufacturing processes, supervising and training students and staff on equipment use, and supporting public events and activities in the EBS. Additionally, you will manage inventory, monitor resources, and contribute to process documentation. In the absence of the Facilities Manager and Process and Production Specialist(s), you will deputise and ensure smooth operations.
Due to the nature of the facility the standard working hours for this role are:
09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Thursday
09:00 to 16:00 Friday
This includes a half hour lunch break. As teaching activities can be timetabled until 19:00 on any weekday, availability up to this time may occasionally be required. Weekend and evening work will be required on occasion to support the activities of the facility, additional hours worked will be compensated through overtime or TOIL.
About You
You will have a relevant vocational qualification at NVQ level 4, HNC/HND, or a degree in a related subject, or equivalent work experience in a similar technical role.
With experience in a technical or research facility, you bring strong expertise in design, design for manufacture (DfAM), CNC machining, and additive manufacturing technologies, including FDM/FFF. You are proficient in manual tools, machine tools, and CNC/AM toolpath generation.
Your skills include advanced CAD design, particularly with Autodesk Fusion, and a deep understanding of materials such as metals, polymers, wood, and composites. You can work independently and manage multiple projects, with excellent prioritisation and decision-making skills to meet deadlines.
With strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, you’re adept at collaborating with internal and external stakeholders. You are quick to apply new knowledge and flexible in adapting to emerging technologies.
Your attention to detail and ability to work with professional diagrams and technical specifications ensure you can implement precise solutions and draft Standard Operating Procedures.
In addition, you have IT literacy, including proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and specialist software, with experience in website management and development.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
About The Department
The University aims to promote work life balance for all employees and the School of Engineering will consider a range of possible flexible working arrangements in order to recruit the best candidate.
The post will be based within the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick, which is one of the leading unified Engineering schools in the UK. The University of Warwick is fully equipped with all necessary materials characterisation and electrochemical testing facilities.
The School of Engineering is committed to the principles of the Athena SWAN Charter, which recognises work undertaken to address gender equality, representation and progression for all staff working in an academic environment. The School currently holds the Athena SWAN Silver award and the University holds an Institutional Silver award. Further information about the work of the School in relation to Athena SWAN can be found at the following link; Athena SWAN - School of Engineering - University of Warwick
About The University
Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.
You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.
* QS World University Rankings 2024
* Research Excellence Framework 2021
To find out more about us visit our website.
How to Apply
CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 24th June 2025 at 23:55 (BST)
To apply, please click ‘Apply’ below and submit an application form by the closing date.
Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application form past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 23:30).
You will have to attach a CV and a cover letter.
* Your CV should include your employment history (including your most recent employment), your education history, and any other relevant experience.
* Your cover letter should explain your motivations for applying to the role. It should also explain, using examples, how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the Job Description PDF document below. Please note that all essential criteria must be met by candidates who are invited to interview.
Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and explaining below, using examples, how you meet the criterion, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.
To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications submitted via our official careers webpage, warwick-careers.tal.net.
* Interview Date: To be confirmed
* Start Date: As soon as possible
What we Offer
We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 26 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpageshere.
The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of theEUTOPIA European University Alliance.
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
The University of Warwick is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those we work with.
In line with the DBS Code of Practice, the successful candidates for any roles involving regulated activity, will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. The University will take all necessary measures to ensure that any individual subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group specified (i.e. children and/or adults).
We expect all employees, volunteers, and partners to share our commitment to safeguarding.
Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders
The University undertakes not to discriminate against anyone who makes a disclosure relating to a conviction. The information disclosed at application stage is only visible to the central DBS team (i.e. not recruiting managers) to ensure there is no bias during the shortlisting process.
Job Description
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Right to Work in the UK
We wish to advise applicants that this role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government Website to see if you are eligible to obtain the right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your application. #J-18808-Ljbffr