Senior Workshop Technician

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Job Description

The full-time starting salary is normally £37,332.00 per annum, with progression available in post to £40,581.00 per annum.

Grade: SO2

Full Time, permanent.

Are you an experienced technician with a passion for innovation and sustainability? STEAMhouse, Birmingham City University's centre for collaborative innovation, is seeking a Senior Technician who thrives on creativity, exploring new ideas and interested in bringing the arts and creativity into the STEM subjects.

About STEAMhouse

STEAMhouse is on a mission to "Make innovation happen". Bringing creativity and innovation to the intersection of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Maths (STEAM). Our workshops and labs offer cutting-edge facilities where creatives, students, academics, entrepreneurs, and businesses come together to experiment, collaborate, prototype, and develop impactful solutions.

The Role

We're looking for a versatile Senior Technician interested in one or more of the following areas:

• Bio-materials (including sustainability, circular economy, and zero-waste approaches)
• Print
• Textiles
• Metals and mixed media
• Digital manufacture, including 3D printing

You'll provide expert technical support, manage equipment and workshops, deliver practical training, and facilitate collaborative projects across diverse sectors. Your role will be crucial in supporting innovative solutions and creative practices within our community.

About You

• Strong practical experience in one or, preferably more of the specified making disciplines.
• Interest in making, sustainability, innovation, and creative problem-solving.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to deliver training and facilitate workshops.
• Highly organised, with a collaborative and flexible approach.

If you're driven by creativity, innovation, and sustainability, and keen to collaborate with our community, STEAMhouse is the place for you!

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Job Description

The appointed candidate will normally be employed through our subsidiary company BCU Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham City University. Appointees with prior LGPS membership who wish to enter the LGPS scheme will be able to do so and will be employed by Birmingham City University directly.

About Us

At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK's second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.

Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.