Job Description
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Job Description
Grade UE08: £49,559 to £60,907 per annum, pro-rata if part-time
College of Science & Engineering / School of Engineering
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Open-ended (permanent)
The Opportunity:
The School of Engineering is seeking to appoint an experienced and talented Engineering Workshops Manager to join its skilled Technical Services team of ca.35 staff. The post holder works closely with the Technical Services Manager, playing a leading role in delivery of a sustainable, effective and safe approach to the running of the School’s workshops.
This is a new role in the School created to provide management and leadership of the extensive and varied workshop facilities which support teaching, research and innovation activity across the School’s 4 engineering disciplines and 7 research institutes. The Engineering Workshops Manager will deliver a safe and efficient working environment across their area of responsibility, ensuring compliance with policies and legislation and optimising use of the available resource. They have line management responsibility for workshop staff across manufacturing, fabrication, welding, electrical and electronics work areas.
The School currently has 4 workshops: machine shop; welding; fabrication and electronics & electrical. Combined, the workshops support learning and teaching, and research and innovation. Equipment in the workshops includes: fibre laser cutter, hydraulic guillotine, CNC press brake, vertical panel saw, band saw, MIG and TIG plants, CNC plasma cutter, jigging tables, manual machines (lathes and mills), CNC (Computer Numerical Controlled) machines, 3D printers, laser cutters, micro-TIG and handheld plasma cutter, soldering irons, power supplies, oscilloscopes, signal generators and bench-top digital multi-meters (DMMs). The successful candidate should demonstrate excellent H&S awareness and familiarity with H&S documentation (e.g., risk assessments, COSHH).
The role is customer-facing and the School is a diverse and international community of staff and students. The post holder will therefore have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a strong commitment to service delivery.
This role is full-time (35 hours per week), open-ended and available immediately. Part-time hours will be considered (21 minimum).
A full list of main responsibilities and the knowledge, skills and experience required for the role can be found in the full job description below.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Significant experience in a range of engineering roles relevant to this post.
- Demonstrated excellent organisational and planning skills.
- Proven experience managing both staff and non-staff resources.
- Sound knowledge of health & safety regulations and procedures in workshop environments.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Applicants should include a cover letter, explaining how they fulfil each of the criteria listed under ‘Knowledge, skills and experience’, and an up-to-date CV with their application.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary.
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, including generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
A commitment to technical staff
In September 2017 the University of Edinburgh signed the Technician Commitment, recognising the important role technicians play in research, teaching and student support. The University’s current Action Plan commits to supporting technicians across the University in four areas: visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability.
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 26 June 2025.
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About Us
About the Team
Engineering has been taught at Edinburgh in one form or another since 1673. In 2002, the present School of Engineering was formed from the previously existing departments of Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Since then, the School has grown from strength to strength, growing rapidly in the last 5 years, now having the largest number of students among the seven Schools in the College of Science and Engineering, offering undergraduate degree programmes across all disciplines and taught Masters courses in niche areas. All of the undergraduate degree programmes are accredited by the relevant professional institutions.
The School of Engineering addresses diverse complex challenges across the entire field of engineering, at the micro- and macro/global scales. At the microscopic scale, its research supports the design and deployment of novel nanotechnology and devices for biological monitoring and medical diagnosis; at the macro/global scale, it optimises the security and sustainability of the built environment and develops engineering solutions to climate change issues. In REF 2021 the joint submission from the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University to General Engineering was ranked 1st in Scotland and 3rd in the UK for quality and breadth of research. The ranking cited is based upon the breadth and quality of research which apply standard formula (as used by the Times Higher Education) to the REF 2021 results.
The School has a strong track record in producing more than 50 technology spin-outs and developing industry links that enable our graduates to build career-long relationships. Current research income in the School was c.£22.0M in 2020/21.
