Job Description
Technical Specialist (Senior Teaching & Research Laboratory Technician) (CH12980) - Bath, BA2 7AYAbout the role The Department of Chemical Engineering seeks to appoint a highly skilled, adaptable and self-motivated Senior Teaching & Research Laboratory Technician to provide technical support in its teaching and research laboratories.You will be responsible for assisting the Technical Supervisor in the organisation, co-ordination and maintenance of a variety of equipment in our teaching and research laboratories. You will assume responsibility for a number of administrative tasks supporting the Technical Supervisor and wider technical team, such as ordering (including keeping records of expenditure on specific grant codes), liaising with Estates and external contractors, setting up and maintaining service contracts for equipment and maintaining up to date inventories of equipment.These duties are in addition to the general responsibilities of Chemical Engineering technical staff, who provide advice, instruction and services in analytical and instrumentation techniques to staff and students across the Department and the Faculty of Engineering and Design.About you Ideally applicants will hold a first degree in a science-based discipline and/or have considerable experience of working in a teaching or research laboratory environment and the use of related equipment and facilitiesFurther Information T...