Job Description

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom (On-site)



JOB INFO


Job Identification
608
Job Category
Technical
Posting Date
06/13/2025, 09:16 AM
Apply Before
06/29/2025, 05:59 PM
Job Schedule
Full time
Locations
Arts, Design and Media
(On-site)

The full-time starting salary is normally 35,331 per annum, with progression available in post to 39,002 per annum.

Grade: E

Contract: Full-Time, Permanent

Are you a skilled and passionate fine woodworker and craftsperson? Do you have experience of sharing knowledge and skills whilst maintaining safe and creative workshop facilities? If so, Birmingham City University, Art, Design and Media Faculty have an exciting opportunity for you to join our technical team as a Senior Technician -Woodwork.



The role is focused on supporting students in the production of high-quality outcomes for a range of courses, such as Architecture, Interior architecture, Landscape architecture and Product and Furniture Design as well as managing the safe and efficient running of the woodwork facilities. There is a strong emphasis on skill delivery, so we are looking for someone with a broad range of woodworking skills and experience.



Whilst the role is centred on expertise in wood orientated processes, it is essential that the candidate can signpost or support students to use other materials and processes (plastics, metal, ceramics, etc) where appropriate.



As a Senior Technician, the successful candidate will be comfortable working within a team as well as on their own initiative. You will be expected to carry out all tasks associated with the running of a facility of this kind, this will involve.


Training students, through 1:1 instruction and group demonstrations. Maintaining equipment, and scheduling machine servicing. Ordering materials and recording material use and stock levels. Championing sustainable working methods and use of resources. Managing appointment and demonstration bookings Creating and reviewing health and safety documentation. Ensure that Health and Safety is maintained and put into practice at all times. Work cooperatively and collaboratively with technical colleagues supporting their development and skill building.

The candidate should be qualified to degree level in a relevant subject (or equivalent level combination of qualifications, skills and experience) and be able to demonstrate significant practical experience of woodwork at all scales and levels of production. Have strong communication skills with an ability to impart technical knowledge to individuals, groups of students, colleagues and external organisations. Have good IT skills including Microsoft Office programs, be CAD literate, familiar with Asset Management software and online communication tools.



It would be desirable if the candidate had CNC Router operation, Steam bending, Veneering, First Aid training, COSHH qualification and IOSH/NEBOSH qualification.



At Birmingham City University we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. All staff are expected to understand and enact the University's commitment to ensuring equality, diversity and inclusion in our employment practice and in all that we do. This commitment is enshrined in our Core Values and is detailed in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Employment Policy. The University values and celebrates the diversity of our staff and students; we welcome people from the many different backgrounds and life experiences that reflect the students and the citizens we serve. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and actively encourage unique contributions, in particular from under-represented groups in respect of age, disability, sex, gender or gender identity, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or transgender status.



Interviews will consist of a practical skills task and a formal question and answer interview. For further information about the role, please contact: Matthew.thomas@bcu.ac.uk

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.