Academic ConnectResearch Lab Technician (Bioengineering)
Opportunity ID 6883
Faculty Science & Engineering
Location QM London
Contract Type Fixed Term
Duration 12 months
Working Patterns Full Time
Full Time Equivalent (FTE) 1.00
Working Hours (Per Week) 35.00
Salary Range £39,463 - £45,974 per annum
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Contact Details Joanna Hickling, Research Laboratories Manager, j.hickling@qmul.ac.uk
About the Role
This post primarily supports the school’s cell culture and human tissue laboratories, providing ad hoc support to undergraduate teaching laboratories as required. To provide comprehensive technical support, primarily in the field of Bioengineering, for staff and research students in the school to enable the achievement of research aims and objectives. To be responsible for the operation, upkeep and maintenance of the biological containment level 2 areas, cell culture and human tissue Laboratories within the School’s site on the Mile End campus, working in the Engineering Building.
About You
You should be educated to degree level (or equivalent experience) in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g. Biological Sciences, Biomedical Science, or related). You should have previous experience working within a laboratory environment and the ability to manage day-to-day running of a CL2 laboratory or equivalent regulated environment. You should have experience managing cell and tissue culture facilities and managing cryostorage systems. You should have good knowledge of H&S Regulations, particularly those relating to the laboratory, including COSHH and risk assessment procedures.
About the School/Department/Institute/Project
This post is within the School of Engineering and Materials Science, a large School with 70-80 academics and a similar number of postdoctoral research staff. There are around 1000 undergraduate and taught postgraduate students and 220 PhD students. These are supported by an administrative and technical staff team of 45. The staff and student body are international in make-up.
About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.
Closing Date 21/08/2025, 23:55