Job Description

About us

University College London (UCL) is a multi-faculty college of the University of London with a population of over 38,000 students, from more than 150 different countries. Degree programmes are provided in Arts and Humanities, Social and Historical Sciences, Architecture, Building, Environmental Design and Planning, Laws, Life Sciences and Clinical Sciences (including Medicine), Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and Engineering Sciences. For more information see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/about-ucl

UCL Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering is one of the top research and teaching departments in the UK and has world-class standing. We offer undergraduate and postgraduate programmes that are designed to educate Engineers in a dynamic and exciting learning environment. The Department has an extensive research portfolio across a wealth of areas and has consistently been among the best funded such departments in the UK. The research carried out in the department reflects a broad multidisciplinary view of the engineering world.

The CEGE Engineering workshop facility is located on the Bloomsbury campus. Its purpose to provide practical technical support to departmental academics, researchers and students in design, manufacture, assembly and testing of bespoke novel scientific equipment. The Engineering workshop provides supports to the department\xe2\x80\x99s laboratories and to undergraduate and postgraduate student projects.

About the role

The Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering is searching for an innovative and enterprising person to fill a dual role of Civil Engineering Workshop Manager and Research & Teaching Support Technician in the Geotechnics laboratory.

This role will manage the Civil Engineering Workshop to facilitate in the effective and efficient day to day running of the workshop to meet the needs of research and teaching, including managing health & safety in the workshop to maintain compliance with UCL & CEGE health & safety policy & procedures.

This role will also provide practical technical support to research and teaching and to facilitate in the day to day running of the Geotechnics laboratory.

For full details, please see the job description and person specification at the end of this page.

This post is offered as a 12 month secondment opportunity, available to internal UCL applicants only.

The anticipated start date for this post is 01 October 2023.

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact the Department Infrastructure and Technical Manager, Les Irwin (l.irwin@ucl.ac.uk).

If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact the Department HR Team (cege-hr@ucl.ac.uk)

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About you

With HND/HNC or equivalent experience in a relevant engineering subject or equivalent skills and knowledge, demonstrable through career experience, you will be able to advise fellow technical staff, academics, researchers and students on technical issues regarding concept, design, manufacture, assembly and installation of mechanical engineering components, devices and systems. You will also have experience in managing and implementing health and safety systems in a practical high hazard environment such as an engineering workshop and/or Geotechnics laboratory.

Engineering experience will include working in a high-tech or a precision engineering industry or higher education including experience of working within an engineering workshop for the manufacture and assembly of complex devices and the development of innovative designs.

Your line management experience (ideally gained in an engineering R&D setting), will show you can motivate staff and bring teams together to achieve a common goal.

Able to work with minimal supervision, you will be skilled at effective prioritisation of your own work within deadlines and competing demands, be able to exercise your own initiative and be willing to participate in training to update skills and for continuous career development.

You will have a strong sense of accountability and be prepared to take ownership of problems and issues to deliver a prompt, satisfactory outcome.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• On-Site nursery On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme:
• Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London\xe2\x80\x99s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world\xe2\x80\x99s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL\xe2\x80\x99s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

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