Overview
Technical Specialist (Senior Teaching & Research Laboratory Technician) (CH12980) – Bath, BA2 7AY
About the role
The Department of Chemical Engineering seeks to appoint a highly skilled, adaptable and self-motivated Senior Teaching & Research Laboratory Technician to provide technical support in its teaching and research laboratories.
You will be responsible for assisting the Technical Supervisor in the organisation, co-ordination and maintenance of a variety of equipment in our teaching and research laboratories. You will assume responsibility for a number of administrative tasks supporting the Technical Supervisor and wider technical team, such as ordering (including keeping records of expenditure on specific grant codes), liaising with Estates and external contractors, setting up and maintaining service contracts for equipment and maintaining up to date inventories of equipment.
These duties are in addition to the general responsibilities of Chemical Engineering technical staff, who provide advice, instruction and services in analytical and instrumentation techniques to staff and students across the Department and the Faculty of Engineering and Design.
About you
Ideally applicants will hold a first degree in a science-based discipline and/or have considerable experience of working in a teaching or research laboratory environment and the use of related equipment and facilities
Further Information
This full-time post is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis.
The position requires full time attendance on campus, hybrid and home working is not applicable to this post.
For informal enquiries, please contact either Rebecca Sie, Technical Manager on 01225 387273 e-mail rs3327@bath.ac.uk or Sarah Hunter, Technical Supervisor, e-mail seh77@bath.ac.uk
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We’re very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What we can offer you:
We’re continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
- Free counselling services through Health Assured
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
- Staff discount on language courses
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- Local discounts and more
- A family-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
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Closing Date: 14 Sep 2025
Department: Technical & Experimental
Salary: £31,236 to £37,694
