UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON: Scholar Workshop Supervisor

Assist Employees

Location:  Highfield Campus

Wage:   £34,980 to £42,978 each year

Full Time Everlasting

Closing Date:  Tuesday 28 Could 2024

Interview Date:   To be confirmed

Reference:  2704024WF

A key member of our numerous and inclusive technical crew of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy on the College of Southampton, you’ll be working on the forefront of elementary Physics research and teaching at one of many UK’s high Universities.

As a member of the workshop crew, you’ll be accountable for the supervision of lecturers, postdoctoral college students and technical employees throughout their go to to the Scholar Mechanical Workshop. You’ll create, ship and develop engineering workshop programs to pupil workshop customers in design, engineering ideas and manufacture.

Additionally, you will work intently with the workshop crew, when wanted, within the design, manufacture and commissioning of top quality bespoke experimental tools to be used inside our research and teaching laboratories and wider College community.

To achieve success you should have expertise of.

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• Working to excessive precision utilizing standard engineering machine instruments together with however not restricted to, Mills, Lathes, Drills and hand instruments.
• Working in a supervisory position, coaching and tutoring non-engineering people in the usage of engineering tools & strategies.
• Engineering supplies, processes and strategies to design and manufacture prime quality precision components inside tight tolerances.
• CAD software program to supply 3D fashions, shows and drawings.
• Data of CAM software program and CNC machine instruments.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills to work in a small workshop crew and capable of talk about and clarify engineering design ideas and manufacturing processes to clients and non-engineering finish customers.

Candidates ought to be capable of exhibit a talent stage equal to Stage 6 (Diploma) of the Nationwide {Qualifications} Framework in engineering. Though purposes are inspired from these certified to diploma stage, we actually do wish to hear from people who’ve an equal talent stage in mechanical engineering, together with different relevant recognised {qualifications}. Upon appointment will agree a studying and growth plan together with your line supervisor primarily based in your present information, {qualifications} and skillset to make sure success within the position along with persevering with skilled growth.

We’re signatories of the Technician Dedication, a accomplice of the Nationwide Technician Developement Centre (NTDC) and is dedicated to supporting our technical employees. We provide a variety of alternatives together with networking, mentoring, coaching, skilled registration and profession growth. We’re dedicated to all our technical employees, recognising the broad vary of expertise they’ve in assist of education, research and enterprise actions. By becoming a member of Southampton you’ll be a part of a much bigger technical community, providing assist and steering.

Equality, Range and Inclusion is central to our ethos. We’re strongly dedicated to variety in each the employees and pupil inhabitants. We maintain an Athena SWAN Silver award and the Institute of Physics Undertaking Juno Champion standing. The College has a beneficiant maternity coverage*, and onsite childcare amenities in addition to provision for paternity and carers depart . We encourage all purposes no matter ethnicity, sexuality or incapacity.

Different advantages embody:

• Profession growth: we are going to guarantee you could have alternatives to boost your expertise.
• We’re dedicated to a work-life stability.
• A contributory pension scheme.
• 30 days vacation, 8 Financial institution Holidays and 6 further College closure days.
• Subsidised health and health amenities on-site; cycle to work scheme.
• A variety of reductions which embody eating places, shops and leisure.

 *topic to qualifying standards.

We’re open to candidates in search of a secondment, job-share or part-time hours alternative.

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We’re dedicated to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome candidates who assist our mission of inclusivity.

The College is a signatory of the Technician Dedication and a accomplice affiliate of the Nationwide Technician Improvement Centre (NTDC). We’re dedicated to supporting our technical employees and provide a variety of alternatives together with networking, mentoring, coaching, skilled registration and profession growth. We actually worth all our technical employees and recognise the broad vary of expertise they’ve in assist of education, research and enterprise actions. By becoming a member of you’ll be a part of a much bigger technical community, providing assist and steering.

Apply by midnight on the time limit. For help contact Recruitment on +44(0)2380 592750 or recruitment@soton.ac.uk quoting the job quantity.