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Engineering Technician

🏢 Queen's University Belfast • 📍 Belfast, Northern Ireland • 🕒 Today

Salary Range

£27,396 - £32,411

£2,283 - £2,701 / mo

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Location Base

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

Job details

Job reference

23/110962

Date posted

05/06/2023

Application closing date

19/06/2023

Salary

£27,396 - £32,411 per annum

Job category/type

Technical

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Engineering Technician

Job description

The School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Engineering Technician to provide specialist technical services to academic staff, research staff and students to support research and teaching projects.

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate you have:

Either:

a) OND/ONC and/or NVQ level 3 or above (or equivalent standard) in a relevant engineering/mechanical discipline and/or a recognised apprenticeship completed in an engineering environment
OR
b) Lower qualifications with more relevant experience.
Three years’ recent relevant post qualification/apprenticeship experience in an engineering/mechanical environment or service.
Demonstrable experience of:
- mechanical design and assembly with the ability to identify and safely use the most appropriate equipment and tools for the task
- working in a lab or workshop environment with an understanding of the safe working procedure manual handling and safe sling lifting techniques
- maintaining equipment and/or workshop machinerytraining others in the use of equipment or tasks use in an engineering environment.

Where criteria b) applies, applicants must demonstrate at least 5 years’ experience in the areas listed above.

Please note the above are not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria please click the Candidate Information link below.

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

Great terms & conditions
Pension schemes
Flexible working by enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of remote and office working
Family-friendly initiatives
Career development opportunities
Support for health & mental wellbeing
Generous holiday entitlement of 8.4 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit: www.qub.ac.uk/diversity; www.qub.ac.uk/qgi and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/

Informal enquiries may be directed to Jonathan Preshaw at j.preshaw@qub.ac.uk

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