Mechanical Support Technician

Mechanical Support Technician
Salary: GBP31,212-GBP42,840 per annum (Pay Band and Salary dependent on skills and experience).
Hours: Full time (37 hours per week)
Contract Type: permanent
Location: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell, Oxfordshire.
Come and do the kind of engineering that made you want to be an engineer. Stretch your technical skills while enabling the advancement of humanities understanding of materials. Promote sustainability and create new materials and, alongside world-leading scientists and technologists, shape projects that improve lives, in the UK and far beyond.
ISIS is the world's most productive spallation neutron source providing beams of neutrons and muons to enable scientists to study the structure and properties of matter for the benefit of science and engineering in the UK and abroad.
The ISIS Experimental Operations Division needs to recruit three Support Technicians to provide technical support to visiting scientist to ISIS, conducting the supply and maintenance of sample environment equipment.
We are currently looking to recruit a Mechanical Support Technician or a Senior Mechanical support engineer to work in the Pressure and Furnace Section, this role will be working as part of a small team providing technical hands-on practical support to visiting scientist at ISIS, supporting gas handling, high pressure and high temperature experimental systems.
Personal Skills and Attributes
You will have a rounded practical mechanical engineering background. A good knowledge of the properties of materials and knowledge and experience of mechanical assembly and test of equipment.
Essential:
• ONC or equivalent in a relevant subject
• Mechanical Apprenticeship or relevant technical training and experience
• Practical knowledge and experience of mechanical engineering practices including the ability to work from engineering drawings
• Practical knowledge and experience of assembly and test procedures of delicate and precision engineering equipment
• Ability to express technical detail to scientists and engineers.
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Employee Benefits:
30 days holiday (in addition to 10.5 bank holidays and privilege days).
Flexible working hours.
An excellent defined average salary pension scheme.
Employee shopping/travel discounts.
Excellent learning and development opportunities.
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Closing Date: 28th January 2024
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: GBP42,840.00 per year
Work Location: In person