Manufacturing Technician - Automation

AMIC - a £100M investment through the Belfast Region City Deal - is a collaborative, innovative powerhouse of advanced manufacturing set to elevate our region globally.

We are supporting economic growth and prosperity for Northern IreIand by creating high quality jobs and increasing inward investment through high value manufacturing innovation clusters. We are driving industrial transformation, paving the way for future technologies and competing globally with a more sustainable focus. Our team of experienced staff has core capabilities in digitalising manufacturing, smart design, sustainable polymers & composites and smart nanotech. We’re excited to be expanding the team throughout 2025.

We are seeking a manufacturing technician who can support Automation and Robotics projects being delivered as part of AMIC’s advanced manufacturing activities. You will assist with workshop-based research and development activities and apply your knowledge and experience to ensure outputs which will have a direct economic and technical benefit to AMIC and our partner companies. You will work collaboratively with the Automation and Robotics team and industry partners to help deliver key projects focused on advanced manufacturing.

About the person:

The successful candidate must demonstrate that they have:

• OND/ONC and/or NVQ level 3 or above (or equivalent standard) in a relevant engineering discipline and/or arecognised, apprenticeship completed in an engineering environment; OR lower qualifications with significant and relevant industrial experience.
• Experience (post apprenticeship) in an engineering manufacturing environment which should include one or more of the following:
  • Operation of automated machinery, such as industrial/collaborative robots, CNC machine tools, automated welding.
  • Developing and demonstrating standard procedures, processes and techniques in relation to modern engineering workshop practice.
  • Programming experience of CNC machine tools, industrial/collaborative robots.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information on our website.

Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular, circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more on our website.

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website.

If you are an international applicant and don't already hold a visa that permits you to take up the role you are applying for, please use the information provided on our website to self-assess whether the University is likely to be able to support a visa application.

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