Job Description

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School of Engineering, College of Science & Engineering

Grade: UE07: \xc2\xa337,099.00 - \xc2\xa344,263.00 Per Annum

Open Ended Contract

Full Time Contract: 35 hours per week

For enquiries contact Fergus Cuthill,

The Opportunity:

The appointee will be responsible for Facility operation and test design, including planning and carrying out experimental work and supporting students and clients at FastBlade. Managing workflow, maintenance, training, and safety within the FastBlade Facility. Liaising with other lab users and other university departments such as technical or financial services. Contribute to research work at FastBlade including analysis of results, publishing papers and presenting research and meetings and conferences.

The successful applicant will have extensive creative, technical, and practical problem-solving, experience carrying out materials testing and research at multiple scales. Excellent understanding of health and safety regulations. You will work closely with a small team of highly motivated individuals working at the cutting edge of full scale tidal blade testing.

This post will be based at FASTBLADE, Rosyth Business Park. KY11 2YD. Scotland. UK

This role is grade UE07 and is available on an open-ended basis.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Experience using the LabVIEW programming environment.
• An understanding of the operating and maintenance requirements of hydraulic test systems.
• Excellent technical problem-solving skills
• Applied experimental / practical skills in a materials test laboratory.
• Experience using multiple types of instrumentation.

A full list of main responsibilities and the knowledge, skills and experience required for the role can be found in the full job description below.

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Please apply including a cover letter and CV

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits , staff discounts, , flexible working and much more. Access our for further information and use our to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our webpages.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

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About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow\'s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

About the Team:

Engineering has been taught at Edinburgh in one form or another since 1673. In 2002, the present School of Engineering was formed from the previously existing departments of Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Since then, the School has grown from strength to strength, growing rapidly in the last 5 years, now having the largest number of students among the seven Schools in the College of Science and Engineering, offering undergraduate degree programmes across all disciplines and taught Masters courses in niche areas. All of the undergraduate degree programmes are accredited by the relevant professional institutions.

The School of Engineering addresses diverse complex challenges across the entire field of engineering, at the micro- and macro/global scales. At the microscopic scale, its research supports the design and deployment of novel nanotechnology and devices for biological monitoring and medical diagnosis; at the macro/global scale, it optimises the security and sustainability of the built environment and develops engineering solutions to climate change issues. In REF 2021 the joint submission from the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University to General Engineering was ranked 1st in Scotland and 3rd in the UK for quality and breadth of research. The ranking cited is based upon the breadth and quality of research which apply standard formula (as used by the Times Higher Education) to the REF 2021 results.

The School has a strong track record in producing more than 50 technology spin-outs and developing industry links that enable our graduates to build career-long relationships. Current research income in the School was c.\xc2\xa322.0M in 2020/21.

We aim to ensure that our culture and systems support flexible and family-friendly working and recognise and value diversity across all our staff and students. The School has an active programme offering support and professional development for all staff; providing mentoring, training, and networking opportunities.

The School of Engineering holds a bronze Athena SWAN award, in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education & research.

Further information, including details of undergraduate & postgraduate taught programmes:

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