Advanced Materials and Testing Technician

About Us

The School of Engineering at UWE Bristol has an opportunity for an Advanced Materials and Testing Technician to support colleagues within the Laboratories and workshops, utilising their broad-based industrial experience and desire to share exciting learning experiences. Technicians play an important role in the University, this role will support and enable students’ formal learning and will work with students and researchers to carry out and support project work. This is an exciting opportunity to join this enthusiastic team delivering high quality engineering education at UWE. The role will be based in the new School of Engineering building at our Frenchay Campus.

About You

You will have prior experience of technical and teaching environments, delivering demonstration and training to a broad range of learners and users of workshop/laboratories/test equipment, and importantly have experience of proactively taking responsibility for critical safety areas. Ideally you will be experienced in various aspects of workshop and laboratory equipment setup, materials testing, materials science, Instron testing systems, manufacturing and set up of experiments/tests and support of data handling, using relevant software\’s (It is important the role holder has experience of digital platforms such as MS Office and Teams, Bluehill Universal (Instron tensile and compression testing), Wavematrix (Instron fatigue testing) and has a willingness to embrace other software platforms used in the School of Engineering to help support an relevant and exciting student learning journey.

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol, one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners. We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development. We also provide a tailored professional programme to support our academic colleagues in delivering the highest professional teaching standards. We recognise the power of a truly diverse university community and are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity; we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision‑making and problem‑solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive. We particularly encourage applications from global majority and female candidates as we are currently under‑represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit. As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

Further Information

If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role please contact Kieran Brown on kieran.brown@uwe.ac.uk to arrange an online meeting.

Interviews will be scheduled to take place at our Frenchay Campus. This is a full‑time, permanent post, working 37 hours per week and is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time. UWE Bristol is a campus‑based University and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based for all of your time, line managers agree to working from home periods.

To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University\’s salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.

Right to Work in the UK

The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.

Advice to Applicants

We’d love to hear from you – if you are excited about this opportunity please complete our application form as soon as possible. Tell us about how your skills and experience relate to the requirements of this role by describing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Job Description, context document, and include specific examples wherever possible. Once we have completed shortlisting we will let you know the outcome of your application by email, so please check your inbox for updates.