Senior Technician/Technical Tutor Chemistry

Overview

Job Title: Senior Technician/Technical Tutor Chemistry
Job Reference: REQ250646
Date Posted: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT
Application Closing Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT
Location: Loughborough
Package: Technical Services 6 grade 6 from £35116 to £45413 per annum. Subject to annual pay award.

‘Loughborough University is seeking to appoint a
highly skilled and experienced senior technician/technical tutor
to work as a 0.5FTE job share in the Chemistry Department of the
multi-disciplinary School of Science.

 

The post holder will bring substantial experimental
subject expertise to provide technical support to staff and
students in the department’s research and teaching laboratories.
When required the role will also include supporting the learning
and supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate classes in the
Chemistry Laboratories.

 

Duties will include: acting as technical lead for
the department’s X-ray diffraction instruments, ensuring
chemistry research equipment and specialist facilities are
maintained and technical support is provided to research staff
and student users, implementation of laboratory Health and Safety
procedures, providing supervision and instruction to students in
laboratories, testing and constructing/preparing new experiments
and specialist research equipment and providing line management
to other technical team members. This role would suit someone
from an inorganic chemistry or materials background with
experience in supporting chemistry synthesis laboratories and the
ability to deliver practical laboratory sessions individually or
as part of a team. A good working knowledge of relevant Health
and Safety regulations and practices is also
required.

 

The successful candidate should be a highly
motivated individual with good communication skills. In depth
knowledge of X-ray diffraction instruments is essential and
experience of working with reactive gases at high temperatures
and pressures would be advantageous.’

 

For more
information refer to the Job Description and Person
Specification.