King's College London

About Us

The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences (BMEIS) seeks to appoint a Junior Technician to provide high-quality technical support for all teaching and research activities, primarily within the Engineering facilities of the Surgical Interventional Engineering (SIE) department but also to support the wider School as needed.

The focus of the role is to ensure the smooth running of our Labs & Engineering workshops, supporting day-to-day operations and practical activities. The post holder will use practical and technical skills to maintain the safe and efficient operation of workshop equipment and facilities, assisting staff and students in teaching and research workshops, as well as daily departmental operations. Each day will bring its own challenges, and planning will require meticulous attention to detail. Previous experience in supporting similar activities is desirable.

The role involves working both independently and as part of a team to support workshops and laboratories. While the primary responsibility is SIE/Engineering workshops, the post holder will also provide support to other labs,/workshops/clinical  and facilities across the School as required. Flexibility in working hours may be required to support scheduled teaching and research sessions, which could occasionally involve early starts or late finishes. The post holder will report to the Workshop Manager and the School Technical Manager This post is ideal for someone starting their technical career, with an interest in practical engineering workshop operations and hands-on support.

About The Role

These include but are not limited to:

• Provide a range of services where there are established service standards.
• Use a broad range of technical or practical skills and a well-developed working knowledge of technical or scientific practices and procedures, applying knowledge in the context of new areas.
• Engage in Continuing Professional Development and training initiatives, in line with the Technician Commitment and Research Concordat for a minimum of 10 days pro rata per year.
• Oversee service facilities ensuring efficient use of resources, installing, maintaining, and securing technical equipment systems and software and controlling local budgets, stocks/store, equipment, and supplies, while adhering to King’s principles of ethics and sustainability.
• Oversee and allocate work to team members when deputising for line manager, supporting colleagues in meeting their objectives, providing advice and feedback as appropriate.
• Manage own workload within the parameters of an agreed work plan, responding to changing priorities and an evolving environment/context, maximising the efficiency of the technical support being provided and resolving problems as they arise, using standard procedures and initiative.
• Use well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills to identify trends and patterns, using appropriate techniques and procedures to inform decisions with an impact on the local service, with a potential impact for 6 months to a year.
• Resolve routine and complex problems that arise in the local service.
• Work with colleagues and network as agreed by the line manager(s).
• Actively engage in King’s Technical Network, building a network across the Faculty to provide peer support and opportunities to share best practice.
• Forge relationships with colleagues in the School, Faculty, university and external to the university, to build relationships, disseminate and get information, coordinate, and deliver the service.
• Provide advice and guidance and, where appropriate, training.
• Communicate information in a clear and precise way, both orally and in writing.
• Contribute to ideas for improving current working methods and procedures.
• Implement local environmentally sustainable practices, following the King’s sustainability audit process, where appropriate.
• Collaborate with colleagues to share good practice and support wider sustainable initiatives and suggest new ideas where you see that improvements could be made.
• Implement and monitor compliance with regulations governing the service, to ensure a safe and environmentally sustainable workplace.
• Report accidents/ incidents to line manager(s)/ supervisor.
• Facilitate an inclusive culture and ethos working with academic, research and other professional services staff and colleagues external to King’s.
• Participate in cross-School/ Faculty/ university projects and initiatives for up to 10% FTE.

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

This role will report to the Technical Manager (Workshop Engineer).

This is a full time post (35 hours per week) and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 2 years.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Minimum level 3 qualification, e.g. A levels, AS levels, International Baccalaureate diploma or other Level 3 qualification, plus work experience in relevant technical/scientific posts OR Considerable knowledge and skills gained through work experience in relevant technical or scientific posts.  
2. Evidence of an active commitment to career development including professional registration, such as RSciTech or RSci and clear progression in increasingly demanding jobs.  
3. Knowledge and practical use of a range of technical skills and their environmental impact.  
4. Ability to apply learnt techniques to the work context.  
5. Clear spoken and written communication skills, with proficient computer use and strong interpersonal and influencing/behavioural skills.  
6. Proactive and responsive to contacts in immediate area, across the wider organisation and externally (e.g., suppliers) to build relationships and network.  
7. Solutions-focused self-starter, with strong planning and analytical skills, able to manage competing priorities and work with minimal supervision.  
8. Working knowledge of regulations and best practice governing area of work, including Health & Safety and environmental sustainability. 

Desirable criteria

1. Experience in supervising/advising less experienced colleagues, monitoring, and providing feedback on performance
2. Able and willing to provide support beyond core hours, as required  

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

This post is subject to Occupational Health clearances.