Research Instrument Technician

UCL Department of Chemical Engineering is one of the top research and teaching departments in the UK and has world-class standing. The department offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and has an extensive research portfolio across a wealth of areas from molecular scale to complex systems.

The Research Instrument Technician will provide general support for research instruments (20%) in the department and more focused support of a small group of shared instruments (80%). The support includes training new users, managing bookings and booking records, maintaining equipment and assisting users to obtain the best analysis of their samples.

• To advise researchers and academic staff on specification of equipment to meet their needs.
• To provide support for, and manage a number of departmental instruments such as bench-top TEM (transmission electron microscope), FTIR (Fourier transform infrared), Gas Chromatography (GC), high speed camera, and DSC (differential scanning calorimetry), microscopes, etc.
• To provide instrument user training, training record and maintain the instrument.

Key requirements:

• BSc or equivalent degree in physical science (e.g. Engineering, Chemistry, Physics)
• Experience of working in research lab environment
• Hands on experience with laboratory instrumentation (e.g. particle sizing, X-ray, thermal analysis, materials characterisation) or willingness to learn

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
On-Site nursery
On-site gym
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
Discounted medical insurance

A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact the HR team at chemeng.hr@ucl.ac.uk.

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/