Laboratory Technician

The University of Central Lancashire wishes to recruit a Laboratory Technician to join our Technical Services team who provide support to the wide variety of laboratory facilities at our Preston campus. The successful candidate will be primarily focussed on supporting Undergraduate and Postgraduate laboratory activities within our state-of-the-art science laboratory facilities.

Duties will include the set up and preparation of laboratories, providing day to day technical support and advice to staff and to students studying a diverse range of subjects in the science area. Although the successful candidate will be required show flexibility in supporting a number of areas, the primary function for this role will be supporting staff and students in our Analytical Sciences Laboratory 

The successful applicant will help coordinate and undertake general equipment maintenance and safety checks, equipment inventory checks and updates and providing advice as required as well as help with the introduction of new technologies. 

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level in a science subject or related subject or have equivalent experiential learning in industry. They should also have experience of preparing, supporting and clearing away laboratory environments and experience in a customer facing technical support role. 

The ability to adapt your knowledge and experience to support staff and students across the wide range of subject disciplines we support would be a distinct advantage. You must also have good verbal and written communication skills to liaise with colleagues, staff and students. A degree of manual handling may be involved eg lifting and carrying microscopes and other equipment. A flexible approach is required to weekly working patterns due to the student timetable. 

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