Senior Electronics Technician

Senior Electronics Technician

Senior Electronics Technician, Manchester, Greater Manchester

We have a fantastic and rare opportunity for 2 enthusiastic and proactive Senior Electronics Technicians to join the Electronics Team within Faculty of Science & Engineering (FSE) of a well known university.

Role Details

• To deliver a reliable and comprehensive electronics support service across FSE.
• Provide an electronics service to staff and students to support teaching and research, with a commitment to excellent customer service.
• To demonstrate and teach in the School’s teaching laboratories.
• Development, repair, and construction of specialised electronic equipment for research and teaching including PCB design using CAD software.

Duties

• Demonstrate and teach in undergraduate laboratory classes.
• Develop and plan, in collaboration with academic staff, laboratory experiments.
• Train postgraduate student demonstrators to enable them to perform at required level.
• Modification, maintenance, service, and repairs to electronic equipment in support of the Schools research, teaching and student projects.
• Calibration, fault diagnosis and testing of electrical and electronic equipment.
• Provide assistance and advice to academic, research staff and students on the selection, suitability and application of electronic circuits and equipment.
• Training of technical staff in workshop techniques and in the use of electronic equipment as directed by the workshop manager.
• Recording, tabulating of workload data in a workshop data base system.
• Preparation of circuit diagrams, drawings, and electronic specifications.
• Liaison with outside suppliers, ordering of equipment and materials and control of consumables stock.
• To undertake other duties commensurate with the grade and experience of the post-holder.
• To act at all times in accordance with the University’s policies and procedures relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety, and all other policies and procedures, which apply to the post.
• To undertake appropriate training and development activities.
• To follow procedures appertaining to the safe operation of equipment and usage. To ensure continuing compliance with all health and safety regulations, undertaking appropriate staff training.
• To assist the workshop manager with the management of all health and safety matters in the School’s workshop areas.

Essentials

• HNC/HND/Degree depending on practical experience.
• Extensive experience of working in an electronics workshop/laboratory environment.
• Familiarity with surface mount technology and surface mount equipment
• Able to cope and work under pressure in a busy environment, working to deadlines.
• Able to deal with staff at all levels in a pleasant, helpful, and efficient manner.
• Well organised.
• Good communicator.

Next Steps

Please phone and email a CV. Details on the right of screen.

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