Technician (Chemical Sciences)
University of SalfordSalford, United Kingdom, North West
Overview
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Job description
Opportunity Overview
We are looking for a Technician (Chemical Sciences) to join our technical team supporting laboratory teaching and project activity at the University of Salford.
This is a hands-on role for someone with practical experience in chemical, analytical, environmental or general wet chemistry laboratories. You will need a good grounding in Chemical Sciences, including chemical handling and storage, preparation of reagents and solutions, laboratory equipment and safe working practices.
Based primarily in our Cockcroft laboratories, you will have a core Chemical Sciences workload while working as part of the wider technical team and supporting other laboratory areas when required.
This is a fixed-term post until 31 May 2027.
- Prepare chemicals, reagents, solutions, materials and equipment for practical teaching and project activities.
- Prepare allocated laboratory activities, ensuring materials and equipment are ready and suitable for use.
- Operate and maintain general laboratory equipment, carrying out routine checks and troubleshooting faults where appropriate.
- Support safe laboratory operation, including chemical handling and storage, waste management and relevant laboratory documentation.
- Work collaboratively with academics, technicians, students and other laboratory users, supporting activity across the wider technical service when required.
About the Faculty and Technical Services
The technical team sits within the Faculty of Health, Community and Life Sciences (HCLS) and provides specialist technical support for teaching, projects and research across a broad range of laboratory-based disciplines.
This role will be based primarily within Cockcroft, where the technical team supports activity across Chemical, Environmental and Life Sciences. This includes working with academic colleagues and students from both HCLS and the School of Science, Engineering and Environment (SEE).
Our technicians work as one wider team, sharing skills and supporting activity across laboratory areas according to teaching and service needs. While this post has a core Chemical Sciences workload, you will work collaboratively with technical and academic colleagues across different subject areas.
What's in it for you?
- Competitive salary - and excellent pension scheme
- An impressive 32 days leave - plus bank holidays, additional time off at Christmas and the opportunity to buy even more!
- Flexible working - we support a culture of flexible and agile working to help you find the right balance
- Professional development - we offer a comprehensive package of training and development opportunities to help you achieve your full potential
- Our community - there's a real sense of belonging here at Salford. We value diversity, in backgrounds and in experiences. Our difference makes us stronger, and together we share a passion for improving students' lives
- The Perks! - MySalford, our online employee portal offers a wide range of lifestyle benefits and discounts
Please note this opportunity may close early depending on applicant volume.
Join us here in Salford and be part of one of the UK’s fastest growing universities. At Salford, you’ll find a career that works for you, with flexible working, great benefits, generous annual leave and continuous professional development.
All our people are important to us, and we have services dedicated to your mental and physical wellbeing from an Employee Assistance Programme to discounted gym membership. All of this on either our Peel Park campus or our MediaCity campus, at the heart of a world-renowned digital and media hub.
We value diversity — in backgrounds and in experiences. Our difference makes us stronger, and together we share a passion for improving students’ lives. We have a commitment to be Net Zero by 2038 and embed sustainability in all aspects of university life.
And, most importantly, we offer you a rewarding career. A career where everything you do will make a difference – to the students, our local community and the world around you.
At the University of Salford you’ll join a place to be inspired, connect and thrive. Find out more about a career that works for you at www.salford.ac.uk/jobs.
How this role compares
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