Workshop Technician

Working Pattern: Full-time, working 35 hours a week

Closing Date: 13 August 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Workshop Technician to be part of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre Training Centre Team.

You will join the delivery support team and will be responsible for the workshop maintenance and technical support in the delivery of the Engineering Training.

This role will be based at the AMRC Training Centre.

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

Find out more at www.sheffield.ac.uk/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

You will

• Be Qualified to Level 3 in engineering (BTEC/NVQ/C&G/HNC) and/or relevant experience.
• To possess significant experience of technical work within a Manufacturing Workshop environment or an apprenticeship workshop delivery setting.
• To have knowledge of various Health & Safety and Quality systems
• To have effective verbal and written communication skills, both written and verbal, report writing skills, experience of delivering presentations, communicating to staff and stakeholders at all levels
• To have excellent time management and organisational skills and an understanding of meeting deadlines

As a Workshop Technician you will be responsible for the workshop maintenance and technical support in the delivery of the Engineering Training. Along with this the candidate will be the point of contact for any facilities issues for the training centre and will liaise with the necessary contacts to resolve any problems.  You will also be expected to help develop and support any workshop delivery, commercial delivery and enrichment activities. Engineering staff are expected to support enrichment activities and any Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths events to promote the AMRC Training Centre.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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