Engineering Workshop and Field Technician

School of Earth & Environment | Te Kura Aronukurangi
Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• Full-time 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)
• Continuing (permanent) position

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Āu Mahi | What You Will Do

In this diverse role, no day will be the same. If you're looking for something different from a standard 9-5 Monday-Friday job, this opportunity is for you!

You will assist with design, manufacture, maintain, and repair equipment used to support the School's activities, including a wide range of field work and laboratory tasks. Due to the unique nature of research and teaching activities, you will often need to problem-solve to adapt equipment.

You will work collaboratively with a diverse range of staff, ensuring that research activities and students are well supported. You will provide supervision, training, and share knowledge with staff and students.

It's important that you enjoy the outdoors, are comfortable on boats, and are flexible to work outside of standard hours, as you will support various field trips and research projects. Current examples include:

• Working in Antarctica mainly on weather station installation and maintenance.
• Assisting with fire burn research.
• Operating in both inland waterways and marine environments.
• Working in Alpine environments particularly glacial research.

Mōu | Who You Are
You have significant trade experience, have experience in (or exposure to) a range of different trades and be skilled in a broad range of workshop methods.

As you will be acting as deck crew on the school's research vessel, experience on boats is desirable.

You will be working with a diverse range of people, therefore it is important that you have strong communication skills, the ability to work effectively in a team environment and to maintain relationships under (occasionally challenging) field conditions.

Additionally, you will:  

• Be skilled in design, maintenance, and construction of custom solutions.
• Have the ability to diagnose faults (electrical and mechanical) and can creatively resolve these.
• Hold a Full New Zealand Driver's License. You should be comfortable driving a 4-wheel-drive vehicle and backing a trailer.
• Hold a New Zealand trade certificate or have equivalent experience.
• Hold a first aid certificate or be willing to obtain one.

Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With
The School of Earth and Environment was formed in late 2019. It brings together all the Earth and Environmental units at the University of Canterbury to take advantage of the opportunities for high impact research and teaching in our unique environmental setting of South Island, New Zealand; the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. 

For more information about the School and our team, please visit us @ Earth & Environment   

Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC
Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study. For more info on Ngā Uara | Our Values visit us here .

We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.

We offer a range of fantastic benefits including flexible work practices, study opportunities and generous superannuation and leave provisions. For more information, please visit us: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/joinus/benefits/

For more information about Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/

The closing date for this position is: 15th August 2024 (midnight, NZ time)
Please note applications will be reviewed after the close date.

Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply

Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to [email protected]

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency to be considered for this role. If you hold a valid work visa and are physically present in New Zealand then you may also be considered.

Job Details

Reference #	19992
Posted on	25 Jul 2024
Closes on	15 Aug 2024 23:59
Location(s)	Christchurch
Expertise	Engineering, Technician, Works, Trades & Services
Job level(s)	Experienced
Work type(s)	Continuing (Permanent) full-time
More details (document)	Engineering Workshop and Field Technician PD.pdf
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