Job Description
The Engineering and Mathematics subject group at Edinburgh Napier University has a strong expertise in energy, materials & manufacturing, mechanical & design, mathematics & modelling, automation & robotics, and operations & production management.
Our students focus on engineering practices, computing skills and principles of design relating to a wide range of mechanical and energy systems, which requires the right level of practical support with use of a number of workshop machines such as lathes, milling, drilling and CNC machines.
As such, we are currently employing an Engineering Workshop Technician to take on this function and deliver a high-quality technical service to support the undergraduate and postgraduate Engineering degree courses.
The Role:
As Engineering Workshop Technician, you will have the opportunity to use your extensive knowledge of workshop machinery to support undergraduates with practical sessions, support student projects (which is an essential part of their degree), and generally help to keep workshop users safe in a high-risk working area.
We anticipate that you will have plenty of experience of operating workshop machine tools such as lathes, milling and drilling machines, as well as using CAD/CAM for design and fabrication of a wide variety of parts and products, leaving you in a great position to pass on exp...