Senior Civil and Geotechnical/Geoenvironmental Technician

Durham University - Engineering and Technology

Location:	Durham
Salary:	£31,236 to £37,694 per annum (Grade 6)
Hours:	Full Time
Contract Type:	Permanent

Placed On: 30th January 2026
Closes: 15th February 2026
Job Ref: 25001839

The Role and the Department

The role will involve working as part of an experienced technical team under the guidance of the Laboratories and Facilities manager, providing expert civil geotechnical and civil geo-environmental support to a wide range of research and teaching projects in the geotechnical and geoenvironmental field. One day you could be running our new £400K Instron testing machine, the next you could be advising a researcher on appropriate geotechnical testing methodologies, and the day after that carrying out microbiological work investigating water treatment systems. Your “clients” could range from internationally renowned academic staff through to local school pupils as part of an outreach project. Your extensive knowledge of civil and geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering, initiative and teamworking skills will let you adapt to the wide-ranging challenges you might face but th e regular 9-5 weekday hours will ensure you have time outside of work too. In order to assist you in this role you will receive training to build your range of competencies within these fields. As a technical and predominantly lab-based role, most of your time will be spent on-site in Durham, with only limited opportunities to work from home if tasks and workloads permit. The role will involve a degree of manual handling to assist in the set up and maintenance of laboratory experiments.