Job Description

Salary – £ 36,245 to £38,463 Depending on experience
Fully site based
Permanent and Full Time (37 hours per week)
We reserve the right to close this advert, if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early.

UKCEH is looking for an experienced Engineering Workshop Technician to join our 600- strong team, contributing to scientific discovery and generating the data, insights and solutions that researchers, businesses and governments need to solve complex environmental challenges.

Working at UKCEH is rewarding. Our science makes a real difference, enabling people and the environment to prosper, and enriching society. We are the custodians of a wealth of environmental data, collected by UKCEH and its predecessors over the course of more than 60 years.

As a valued member of our team, you’ll get:

• 27 days annual leave, rising to 29 days after five years
• 10% pension contribution
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• 24 hour, 365-day access to support with physical, mental, social, health or financial issues
• Flexible working opportunities

And much more….

We are excited to be recruiting for this key role to develop and maintain our Lancaster Engineering Workshop, as well as managing our smaller workshop based at our Bangor, North Wales site.  You will be part of the Wallingford based Land Surface Flux Measurement Group. Your role will involve lone working at the Lancaster site, with support from the local Workplace team.

Your skills will be invaluable to our science community. This is an exciting opportunity to help optimise and develop the workshops to meet business and project needs.  You’ll be part of an active research focussed team at our site on the Lancaster University Campus, developing leading-edge monitoring networks and bespoke experimental equipment for all manner of environmental research.

You’ll be joining a leading independent, not-for-profit research institute that’s committed to recruiting talented people like you, progressing your career and giving you the support you need to thrive at UKCEH.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Day to day responsibility for the operation and management of a small machine shop (conventional lathe, milling machine, welding equipment, wood working machinery, abrasive wheels/machines and hand tools)
• Set up, installation, continuous development and maintenance of workshop facilities – including procurement of stock, risk assessments and Health and Safety Management of both the Lancaster workshop, and a smaller facility in Bangor, North Wales, requiring once a month visits
• Coordinating daily priorities to deadlines and within budget
• Collaborating with scientists to design and build, often from a sketch of an idea or producing engineering drawings to translate ideas
• Integration and wiring of sensors and data loggers
• Installing equipment at remote locations

For the role of Engineering Workshop Technician, we’re looking for somebody who:

• Has a HND/C qualified or BTEC advanced diploma and/or time-served experience
• Has proven ability to translate verbal requirements into finished engineered products
• Is willing to perform in a variety of roles: design and drawing (CAD – Solidworks preferred), hands-on machining, field installation, and management
• Has examples of the ability to make bespoke mechanical equipment to meet the needs of field scientists, or similar prototype applications
• Is competent in precision machining, with a range of materials and techniques, including electrical engineering
• Has the ability to manage subcontracting small engineering jobs, building great working relationships with suppliers
• Is willing to undertake lone working outdoor fieldwork throughout the year, with occasional overnight stays
• Has a full driving licence

If we’ve just described you, we’d love to meet. Apply now.

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Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 20,000 - 40,000.

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