Senior Analytical Technician (Fixed Term)

The Department of Chemical Engineering aims to appoint a highly skilled, adaptable and self-motivated Senior Analytical Laboratory Technician to provide technical support in its laboratories.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the development of protocols and the day to day maintenance, configuration and operation of a wide range of analytical instrumentation. In addition, they will assist with the management of gases, chemicals, health and safety and waste within the department and wider faculty and provide general technical and housekeeping support across the Department and Faculty. Members of the technical team in the department also support undergraduate and postgraduate students, especially in laboratory and project work.

Applicants will hold a first degree in a science based discipline and have considerable experience of analytical laboratory practice, equipment and facilities. Previous experience of having worked in a laboratory, university or research environment would be advantageous.  Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate practical ability.

This full time post is offered with an expected duration of 6 months. 

For informal enquires please contact Julian Sulley, Director of Technical Services js806@bath.ac.uk

What we can offer you:

We are an equal opportunities employer and have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations. We have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award . 

A family-friendly University with an increasingly agile workforce, we are open to flexible working arrangements. We’re also proud to be a disability confident leader and are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may require. 

We offer:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme;
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance;
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce;
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities.
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for. Please visit the following webpages for more information:

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Our campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside, and the City of Bath with its historic charm and social activity only a short distance away creates an excellent environment in which to work. Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us @UniofBath and @UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information.

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to a better environment for our employees and students, creating a learning environment and organisational culture that enhances health and wellbeing across our community. We are very proud to have recently received Ambassadors for Autism certification and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff .

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Update to our application process:

We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this the personal details of all applicants will be withheld at the initial shortlisting stage.