Role: Senior Technician
Grade and Salary: Grade 6, £30,805 - £36,130 per annum
FTE and working pattern: 1 FTE, 35hrs per week
Holiday Entitlement: 33 days annual leave plus 9 buildings closed days (and Christmas Eve when it falls on a weekday)

PURPOSE OF ROLE

Heriot Watt University is expanding its portfolio into sport education and has recently reintroduced a BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science at its Edinburgh Campus which commenced in September 2022. In collaboration with Oriam, Scotland’s National Performance Centre, the launch of the new BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science is an exciting opportunity to develop an outstanding, modern, and inclusive programme of teaching and research in Sport and Exercise Science.
We are now seeking to appoint one Senior Technician in Sport & Exercise Science to support the delivery of our programme. The successful candidate will be involved in supporting the preparation and delivery of Sport & Exercise Science, including the running of applied teaching and research projects covering both laboratory and field work. Facilities are available within both Heriot Watt University and Oriam.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the effective running of the Sport & Exercise Science related facilities on a day-to-day basis
• Establish new laboratories, including specifying and ordering appropriate equipment to meet teaching and research needs.
• Develop and maintain laboratory procedures according to standards set by professional bodies (e.g. BASES).
• Plan, set up and prepare teaching labs and provide technical instruction and guidance for students and staff.
• Set up, adjust, calibrate, clean, maintain and troubleshoot equipment.
• Set up experimental apparatus and carry out tests under operational conditions
• Assist in the development of specialised equipment or processes for use in research and teaching.
• Diagnose faults and undertake repairs/ maintenance on relevant equipment, and apparatus used in research and teaching laboratories
• Mentor, train and instruct junior staff
• Understand and acknowledge risks associated with the work activity and always operate in a safe and compliant manner applying control measures identified through risk assessment.
• Order equipment and consumables
• Assist with field trips, where required
• Monitor changes/trends and technical advances/ developments in Sport & Exercise Science and continue to expand and improve skills to keep up with these developments
• Establish strong working relationships to understand and manage the user demand and
• requirements, ensuring that the requirements of our teaching programmes and research activities are understood, assessed, and prioritised.
  Please note that this job description is not exhaustive, and, particularly as the team is growing, the role holder will be required to be adaptable and undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the grading of the post : for example support for wider bioscience student laboratories. Activities may be subject to amendment over time as the role develops and/or priorities and requirements evolve.