Technical Operations Manager (Engineering)

Location:

This on-site role will require the post holder to work split campus, South Kensington and White City to lead and manage a cross campus multi-disciplined technical team and manage a varied departmental estate.

About the role:

The Engineering Technical Manager provides strategic leadership for the Department's mechanical, electrical, and mechatronic engineering capabilities, ensuring high-quality undergraduate teaching and research support across electronic and mechanical engineering disciplines. This senior leadership role oversees all departmental engineering laboratories, workshops, and makerspaces as both undergraduate teaching facilities and central departmental core facilities, ensuring adequate resources are available to meet departmental objectives through agile working practices and strategic resource allocation.

What you would be doing:

The post holder will manage specialist engineering leads (Electronics and Mechanics), actively enabling a culture of psychological safety, collaboration, and excellence within the engineering technical team and across the broader Bioengineering technical community. As a subject matter expert in either electronics or mechanical engineering, they will provide advanced technical guidance while maintaining strategic oversight of both domains.

This role is instrumental in maintaining the department’s commitment to excellence in teaching and research, serving as a key technical leader reporting directly to the Head of Technical Support and Safety, with responsibility for ensuring technical capabilities evolve to meet emerging educational and research demands.

What we are looking for:

• Relevant Engineering degree (BEng/MEng) suitable for Chartered Engineer requirements
• Evidence of continuing professional development and industry engagement
• Demonstrated leadership in progressive engineering environments, , including managing technical professionals  
• Substantial experience supporting undergraduate engineering education in higher education settings
• Proven experience in agile resource management and priority setting in dynamic environments

What we can offer you:

• The opportunity to work with high autonomy in a faced paced and dynamic department, with a thriving team of technical professionals.
• The opportunity to continue your career at a world-leading institution and be part of our mission to use science for humanity.
• The ability to engage with a wide variety of training and development opportunities within the institution.
• Benefit from a sector-leading salary and remuneration package (including 41 days’ annual leave and generous pension schemes).
• Access to a range of workplace benefits including a flexible working policy from day one, generous family leave packages, on-site leisure facilities and cycle-to-work scheme.
• Interest-free season ticket loan schemes for travel.
• Be part of a diverse, inclusive and collaborative work culture with various staff networks and resources to support your personal and professional wellbeing.

Further Information

This is a full-time open-ended post.

For information on the application process, please contact:

Bhavna Patel, Resources and Staffing Manager (b.patel@imperial.ac.uk)

Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.

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