Senior Technician (Fixed term)

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Biosciences, Food, Nutrition & Dietetics
Location:  Sutton Bonington
Salary:  £27,584 to £33,804 per annum (pro-rata if applicable) depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.
Closing Date:  Saturday 06 April 2024
Reference:  SCI078724

Applications are invited for the above post based within the School of Biosciences at the Sutton Bonington Campus.  

The role holder will be responsible for planning and overseeing the day-to-day running of a work area, preparing, and allocating resources, and providing supervision, guidance and instruction in the use of equipment and techniques to staff/students in the areas of food structure, biomaterials and food processing teaching and research.   They will be responsible for the upkeep of a designated work area, as well as maintenance of equipment and preparation of materials. The role holders will also be required to support other areas within the school where skills and techniques of the role holder could be shared and/or utilised, or where routine technical support is required.

Duties will include:

• Planning and overseeing the day to day running of a work area to assist research projects, allocating resources, and providing guidance and instruction to staff and/or students to ensure work objectives and standards are met.
• Supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate project students to include the delivery of training in relevant techniques and equipment.
• Utilising technical knowledge and expertise to conceptualise and interpret the requirements of research staff and students.
• Advising and assisting staff and students on the development, design, preparation, construction, assembly and application of equipment/systems, which may include setting up of experiments/systems and the deployment of particular techniques.
• To conduct regular routine maintenance, fault diagnosis and repair of equipment/ apparatus personally or through others in own area of responsibility, as required, and advise, where necessary, on the purchasing of equipment and consumables
• To provide quality and timely advice, assist and train staff and students on the development, design, preparation, construction, assembly and application of equipment/systems, the setting up of experiments and/or deployment of particular techniques/methods.
• Ensure that the department complies with work related legal and health and safety standards. 
• Ensuring staff, students and/or new researchers are trained in techniques and the safe and effective use of equipment to ensure compliance with relevant health and safety regulations, including carrying out safety risk assessments.

(Full details can be found in the job description.)

Candidates must have a BSc in Food Science or related degree, or HNC in relevant subject, or equivalent qualifications plus considerable work experience in relevant role, or substantial work experience in a relevant role

Knowledge of the Food Biomaterials scientific field and experience working within Food Production Facilities would be desirable.

This is a fixed term, full time (36.25 hours per week) opportunity available for 2 years. Job share arrangements may be considered.

For informal enquiries please email Joshua Reid - [email protected] - or Gleb Yakubov - [email protected]
Please note that applications sent directly to these email addresses will not be accepted.

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