Senior Technician - Concrete and Civil Engineering

The Role

As a Senior Technician – Concrete and Civil Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in supporting practical lab sessions, research projects, and consultancy activities. This hands-on role requires an expert in managing state-of-the-art lab facilities and delivering technical excellence to ensure the smooth operation of all laboratory activities.

Your contribution will be critical in:

• Supporting Learning and Teaching: Overseeing multiple student groups and sessions simultaneously, particularly during peak periods, to ensure all participants are adequately supervised and supported.
• Ensuring Safety and Compliance: Upholding rigorous safety standards, maintaining equipment in optimal condition, and ensuring PPE compliance to safeguard all users.
• Managing Equipment and Resources: Performing regular maintenance, calibration, and troubleshooting of sophisticated lab equipment to prevent downtime and interruptions.
• Enabling Research Excellence: Assisting with experiment setups, managing data acquisition systems, and providing expert technical guidance to support high-quality research outputs.
• Driving Innovation: Introducing innovative techniques and methodologies to improve lab practices, enhancing the educational and research experience for students and staff alike.
• Forklift driving experience preferable.

The Person

The successful candidate will have good interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written) and good organisational skills with the ability to plan and prioritise workload.

You will be able to work as an individual or as a team member and have the ability to make and maintain accurate records. You will also possess a reasonable level of IT skills and have good analytical and problem solving skills.

The Faculty

There are few faculties across the UK university landscape as varied in their scope. We teach and research across a wide range of subjects, allowing for real cross-discipline innovation and creativity.

Our lecturers are experts – working at the forefront of their fields and actively engaged in research so they can bring advanced knowledge to their teaching. Our state-of-the-art facilities include specialist laboratories, a public outreach centre, a specialist virtual reality centre, a rocket lab, and flight simulators. For future scientists and engineers, this combines to create the ultimate real-life space for practical learning. For academic professionals, this all adds up to a truly vibrant, exciting environment in one of the largest and most diverse STEM faculties in the sector.

This is a full time, permanent position with a starting salary of £39,407 per annum.

Interviews are expected to be held the week commencing 13th October 2025.

For informal enquiries, please contact Lesley Stigling, Faculty Operations Manager.

Bring your true self, expertise, and passion to Kingston where we are continuing to strive to build a university where authentic inclusion and belonging is at its heart. Every one of our staff and students’ identities, backgrounds and diverse experiences makes us who we are - so harness and embrace yours by applying today. We welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities and those with disabilities.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. Where required, this may include entry clearance or continued leave to remain under the Points Based Immigration Scheme.