Salary: £30,805 - £34,132  per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellentbenefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 03 March 2025

The Role

The Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Chemical Labs Technician.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of technical staff supporting the research activities in the School of Natural & Environmental Sciences, through the provision of technical support within the chemical research labs, and in support of technical services within the Bedson Building. 

You will support the Chemical Research Labs Team Leader in the management of the chemical research facilities and infrastructure by:
•    Helping to manage shared laboratory areas, to allow users to work safely in a cohesive and collaborative environment
•    Working with facility users to ensure equipment is working safely and work to ensure items are repaired and tested to statutory and local requirements 
•    Working with the team to help manage and run the chemistry stores, as well as the disposal of hazardous waste
•    Helping to manage the training and provision of gases and cryogens to the facility users and ensure systems are working safely

The post holder will be:
•    Capable of training and advising lab users on safe techniques and will work with users to ensure they are working safely and effectively
•    Confident and competent with Health and Safety management
•    Capable of conducting their own experiments when required in line with teaching requirements and active research projects

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual, with technical/research experience and excellent organisational skills. 
The candidate must have:
•    Experience in relevant laboratory environments with good understanding of synthetic techniques
•    A good understanding of health and safety, and excellent team-working and communication skills
•    Experience in use of gas systems and anerobic techniques
•    The ability to work autonomously and prioritise their tasks based on lab users needs as well as team requirements
•    The ability to respond to unknown risks in a logical and calm manner, ensuring those around are safe and risks mitigated as best as possible
•    Excellent communication skills and understand the importance of altering information levels based on recipient 

The position is full-time, and offered on an open-ended (permanent) basis.

For informal enquiries, please contact David Whitaker by email:
For more information about the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, please clickhere 
For further details about Newcastle University please visit our information page at:http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about 

To apply please upload your CV and cover letter. Your cover letter should be a supporting statement outlining how you meet the essential criteria for the role (as noted below in the person specification), please evidence examples.

The Person

Knowledge, Skills and Experience 
Essential
•    Demonstrable work experience in a relevant technical or research role
•    Thorough working knowledge of Health and Safety procedures including GCP and COSHH 
•    Excellent team working skills
•    Demonstrates technical and problem solving capability
•    Demonstrates good organising ability to meet deadlines, with a positive and proactive approach to duties and diligence and attention to detail
•    Contribute to design and specification of research/teaching activites, 
•    Ability to adapt to changes in laboratory research/teaching priorities
•    A good theoretical and practical knowledge of Organic, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry/Experience in synthetic, anaerobic and analytical techniques with experience of using gas systems.

Attributes and Behaviour
Team-working (Self)
•    Works collaboratively with others, plays a positive role in teams and establishes and grows relationships across the organisation where different skills, expertise and opinions are valued.
•    Shares relevant and useful information with others
•    Respects the expertise and contribution of others even if own opinion is different
•    Willing to help others and share workloads

Planning and organising (Self)
•    Works in a planned and structured way
•    Ensures that all activities are completed on time
•    Ensures that others know how processes and systems work
•    Can work autonomously and set own priorities in conjunction with team and area objectives

Finding Solutions
•    Looks at ways of overcoming obstacles rather than coming to a standstill
•    Keeps an open mind to alternative ways of doing things

Delivering services (Self)
•    Keeps fellow team members up to date with progress
•    Pays attention to detail
•    Has a positive attitude for doing things better
•    Takes responsibility for achieving own targets
•    Co-operates with others to achieve targets
•    Strives to deliver high quality results
•    Is enthusiastic in getting job done on time

Embracing change (Self)
•    Recognises the need for change and is forward looking. Promotes the benefits of change to others and regularly comes up with new ideas. Has the willingness to adopt new ways of working and to make improvements

Qualifications
Essential
•    Apprenticeship in an appropriate subject with experience in a relevant technical role; or BTEC level 4 / HNC / HND; or A’ level (or equivalent) qualification; or broad work experience acquired through a combination of vocational training and considerable on-thejob experience, demonstrating development through progressively more demanding relevant roles

Desidable
•    MChem or PhD in Chemistry

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.  As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a silver  Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold aRace Equality CharterBronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are aDisability Confidentemployer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 27910