Senior Technical Manager - Electrical

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Faculty of Engineering to lead a small rapidly growing technical team within the Power Electronics and Machines Centre based on Jubilee Campus. You will manage a specialist technical team who provide a variety of unique services and support to researchers and leading industrial customers based across the globe. What will you be doing? Provide direction, leadership, support, and guidance to a small team of technical staff. Plan, schedule, and monitor, all the support provided by electrical technicians across the different workshops and any associated activities, alongside the Operations Manager.  Evaluate technical provision through regular conversations with key stakeholders and lead change to shape the technical provision to meet their needs.  Provide specialist technical advice to researchers, colleagues, and external industrial customers to meet business needs and support the faculty’s research strategy and ambitions.  Make a leading contribution to the operational management of the Health and Safety across the facility.   Manage allocated budget/resources effectively, ensuring operational finances remains within the allocated budget, assessing and reporting for planning purposes on the future budgetary requirements of the research group(s). What qualities are we looking for? We’re looking for someone with an ability to lead/manage a team and a passion for empowering others to grow professionally and achieve their true potential whilst delivering technical support to the highest standard.  You’ll have the ability the build effective working relationships with a variety of customers by fully utilising your excellent communication skills to offer advice and solutions to sometimes complex problems on a regular basis. With an aptitude in understanding and interpreting the needs of others, you’ll need to plan and manage workloads to meet demand, quickly building your reputation and that of your team as the place to go for technical support.  This is a permanent, full-time (36.25 hours per week) position based on Jubilee Campus. Job share arrangements may be considered. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Christopher Varley via email to christopher.varley@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted. Further details: Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Learn more about the university commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We are delighted to share that we are the first university to have achieved Athena Swan Gold Award. We want you to succeed in our recruitment process and have published Candidate Guidance for you to access information and support on application and interview process. We offer a range of benefits, visit Your Benefits website to learn what we can offer you. We welcome applications from UK, Europe and from across the globe and we want to make your transition to living in the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page to find out more. Your application will be considered on an equal basis, subject to the relevant permission to work in the UK as set out by UK Visas & Immigration.