Technician/Senior Technician - 11727

Location: Brunel University London, Uxbridge Campus

Salary: S5 Grade from: £26,451 to £27,808 inclusive of London Weighting with potential to progress to £30,095 per annum inclusive of London Weighting.

Salary: S6 Grade from: £30,928 to £32,668 inclusive of London Weighting with potential to progress to £35,480 per annum inclusive of London Weighting.

Brunel University London was established in 1966 and is a leading multidisciplinary research-intensive technology university delivering economic, social and cultural benefits.

For more information please visit: https://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/our-history/home.

BCAST is an internationally renowned research centre focusing metals research and is the host of two national centres of excellence in liquid metal engineering (the EPSRC Future LiME Hub) and in circular economy of metals (UKRI Interdisplinary Centre for Circular Metals). BCAST is well equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for both metal processing and characterisation. For more information visit www.brunel.ac.uk/research/Centres/BCAST or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPqjMXpfT3s. The research BCAST conduct span the length from fundamental research and pilot-scale industrialisation and is aimed at meeting the short, medium and long term needs of the automotive industry in UK.

The successful candidate will carry out routine maintenance of instruments and will support the setting up of experimental procedures, design of experiment, participation in experiments. We will consider qualified and well-motivated applicants from varying scientific and/or technical backgrounds with practical experience in general operation and maintenance of equipment and some experience/or interested in gaining experience in Machining (e.g. CNC, EDM) and joining (welding, riveting etc) methodologies.

We will consider qualified and well-motivated applicants from varying scientific and/or technical backgrounds with either strong or limited practical experience in general operation and maintenance of equipment and some experience/or interested in gaining experience in Machining (e.g. CNC, EDM) and joining (welding, riveting etc.) methodologies.

The successful candidate should have good grades in GCSE Maths & English and technical qualification with an interest and hands-on experience in science and engineering disciplines. In addition, you should have good communication skills and be a team player.

We offer a generous annual leave package plus discretionary University closure days, excellent training and development opportunities as well as a great occupational pension scheme and a range of health-related support. The University is committed to a hybrid working approach.

Any informal enquires should be directed to Dr Loredana Saccone (BCAST@Brunel.ac.uk).

Closing date for applications: 10th February 2023.

Interviews will take place on week commencing 27th February in person.

For further details about the post including the Job Description and Person Specification and to apply please click the apply button.

If you have any technical issues please contact us at: hrsystems@brunel.ac.uk.

All Applicants should be eligible to live and work in the UK

Brunel University London is fully committed to creating and sustaining a fully inclusive workforce culture. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, we particularly welcome applicants who are currently under- represented in our workforce.

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