Senior Technician (Design Fabrication & Testing)

Job reference: SAE-029282
Salary: £32,080 to £36,636 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Permanent
Division/Team: FSE Technical Services
Hours Per Week: 35 hours per week
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 09/09/2025
Contract Duration: Permanent
School/Directorate: Faculty Office - Science and Engineering

We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Senior Technician to join our dynamic Faculty Technical Operations team, which strives to provide a sector leading technical support for our students and staff. The purpose of this role is:

• The Design, Fabrication and Testing Platform (DFT) builds upon the innovative, creative, practical and research capabilities of our enterprising technical staff. The platform aims to accelerate interdisciplinary research by recognising the intrinsic synergies in the experimental workflows of Natural Science and Engineering. The Senior Technician forms a vital part in interacting with research, teaching and industrial stakeholders throughout this process.
• The Senior Technician is required to support the work of the Design, Fabrication and Testing Platform within the Faculty of Science and Engineering. The primary focus of this role will be the provision of support in the areas of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. These facilities are used for supporting world-class research, teaching as well as work with industry.
• The Senior Technician is expected to play a key role in ensuring our experimental facilities run efficiently and develop in response to the needs of the research and taught programs. They will be expected to have a close and supportive working relationship with the academic staff and their researchers who are delivering research projects and taught modules.
• The facilities the Senior Technician will support include hydraulics, construction, dynamics, high energy/speed impact and heavy structure mechanical testing, including managing equipment and associated sample preparation and auxiliary instrumentation.
• The Senior Technician will need to collaborate, cooperate and work effectively with other platforms utilising facilities and Platforms such as Mechanical Testing, Optical and Electronic, Advanced Manufacturing, Workshops and Surface via the PPMS booking system.

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Ryan Delve (Senior Technical Specialist – Design, Fabrication & Testing)

Email: Ryan.Delve@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

Jobtrain: 0161 850 2004 https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

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