Top 10 Technician Jobs in UK 2022

Chemistry Technician- job post

John Whitgift Foundation
Croydon
£31,605 – £34,552 a year – Full-time

Benefits
Pulled from the full job description
Employee discount
The full-year salary is £31,605.00 – £34,552.00 per annum. The pro rata equivalent is £26,134.90 – £28,571.84 per annum (based on term-time plus 2 weeks, 43 weeks and inclusive of 5 weeks’ annual holiday pay).

Whitgift is a leading independent day and boarding school for boys, with approximately 1500 pupils including over one hundred boarding pupils and flexi boarding pupils. It is set in an attractive 48-acre parkland site in South Croydon enjoying excellent links to London, Surrey and the south coast.

We are seeking to appoint a Chemistry Technician who will assist in the day-to-day running of the technical support to a busy and thriving Science Department, together with other support duties within the Department. You will work under the Senior Chemistry Technician, Team Leader Technician, Head of Chemistry and the Head of Science. We are looking to work with the ASE to qualify all technicians at their appropriate level, but relevant experience will be valuable in such a position, though not necessarily in a school context.

Ideally you would be able to take up the post as soon as possible, preferably before term ends early July but at least at the start of September 2022.

In return we offer a generous salary and benefits package including a money purchase pension scheme (plus Life Assurance Cover), Employee Discount Club, discounted school fees for the Foundation Schools and a range of family-friendly benefits and season ticket loan.

We welcome applications from all parts of our community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our student intake.

For any queries, please telephone Human Resources on 020 8688 9222 or e-mail .

Applications will be reviewed daily, and we invite interested candidates to apply before the end of half term, Monday 6th June.

Whitgift School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £31,605.00-£34,552.00 per year

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Workshop Technician- job post
Vp plc
Eastleigh SO53

As a Workshop Technician, you will be required to maintain, service, repair and modify the company’s assets as required at the workshop to a standard that complies with/exceeds all current legislation. We service, calibrate and repair a range of electrical, gas, BA and lifting equipment items and test equipment ensuring the standards set by the company are met on all occasions, your role will be to carry out repairs and calibrations of one of these categories of items.

You will be responsible for keeping stock time in the workshop to a minimum by maintaining, calibrating and repairing equipment to meet the manufacturer’s standards enabling it to be sent out to one of our busy hire depots

We also maintain a similar range of customers own safety equipment sent to us for repair and calibration.

The position available will require you to both calibrate or service out of date and damaged equipment transferred to our workshop from one of our network of hire depots across the UK as well as repairing and calibrating customers own equipment sent in to us for a prompt turnaround.

Additional ad-hoc duties may arise and you will be required to take responsibility for workshop cleanliness, safety and supplies through the course of each shift.

Skills & Experience required:

An Engineering qualification or similar would be preferred but is not essential.

Knowledge of testing or servicing equipment in a similar role would be good, however full training will be provided.

Ability to demonstrate a knowledge of how to open, repair and maintain specialist safety equipment, in particular BA equipment or electrical products, all relevant manufacturer training would also be given.

Good communication skills both with colleagues and customers internally and externally.

Willing to attend manufacturers training courses around the UK when requested.

Be able to manage workloads and prioritise effectively

Competent IT skills, the department operates a fully automated system for which full training will be provided.

Prepared to work away from home on occasions and at other branches when requested.

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Workshop Technician – ESS- job post
Vp plc
Wellingborough NN8

We also maintain a similar range of customers own safety equipment sent to us for repair and calibration.

Additional ad-hoc duties may arise and you will be required to take responsibility for workshop cleanliness, safety and supplies through the course of each shift.

Skills & Experience required:

An Engineering qualification or similar would be preferred but is not essential.

Knowledge of testing or servicing equipment in a similar role would be good, however full training will be provided.

Good communication skills both with colleagues and customers internally and externally.

Willing to attend manufacturers training courses around the UK when requested.

Be able to manage workloads and priorities effectively

Competent IT skills, the department operates a fully automated system for which full training will be provided.

Prepared to work away from home on occasions and at other branches when requested.

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Maintenance Technician – Refrigeration- job post
NHS Property Services
Edgware HA8
£33,000 – £40,999 a year

We have a fantastic opportunity for a HVAC Maintenance Engineer to join our team based in Edgeware. The salary on offer is from £30,000 to £40,999 per annum. This role comes with on call allowance, access to a van and relevant equipment and uniform.

We also offer; 27 days holiday not including bank holidays, access to group personal pension plan including SMART contributions into which the company will contribute up to 6% towards your savings, training and development opportunities, NHS discounts, on call allowance and van issued with the role.

You will assume the responsibilities of maintenance, installation and repair of air conditioning and refrigeration systems within the NHS Property services estate in line with the sites maintenance requirements. This will include fault finding and ensuring satisfactory fault rectification always maintaining site services levels, carrying out scheduled maintenance on Building Service systems, Maintaining AHU’s and FCU’s / VRV’s and VRF’s and complying with all Health and Safety policies, procedures and legislation to ensure statutory and mandatory compliance.

This role will require you to demonstrate the following Qualifications and Experience:

C&G 6187 – Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. and NVQ level 3 Diploma in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning or equivalent.
C&G 2079 – Refrigerant Handling. • C&G 2367 or 2357 (Electrical Installation) and NVQ level 3 in Electrical Installations or equivalent.
BS7671 – The Requirements for Electrical Installations, 17th or 18th Edition is Desirable.
A minimum of 2 years’ experience of working in a role as a HVAC Engineer, or a refrigeration engineer in a multi-skilled role within a building maintenance environment.
We understand how important life is outside of work, as well as a competitive salary and 27 days annual leave, we want to ensure you have a great a work life balance. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what truly matters to you.

If you do ever need a little bit of extra help we have a great employee assistance programme, financial well-being support and access to great discounts with leading high street names with the bluelight discount card.

Our range of network groups are also there to support you to truly be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future. We ‘hire for attitude and train for skills’ providing opportunities for our people to develop & progress their careers at all levels through our Professional Excellence Framework.

Who are we?

We are part of the NHS family with 6,000 professionals supporting over 3,000 healthcare properties across England. Our purpose is to enable excellent patient care by being the best property and facilities provider to the NHS.

Our services include estate strategy and optimisation, property management, facilities management, property development and construction project management. We help support millions of patients and NHS colleagues in collaboration without 7,000 customers who range from Integrated Care Systems, health providers, charities and more.

Our culture and values seek to place our NHS colleagues and their patients, at the heart of everything we do.

We celebrate diversity, and we are working hard to create an inclusive environment where people love to work and can fulfil their potential.

We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

Best of luck with your application!

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Cage Wash Technician- job post
Labcorp
Eye IP23
Full-time

Labcorp Drug Development are currently looking for a hard working, motivated individual to join our team as a Cage Wash Technician at our site in Eye, Suffolk.

If successful in this role, you will be entitled to a £3000 sign on bonus.

In this ‘hands on role’ you will be responsible for providing sanitized caging and associated equipment to our animal facilities whilst complying with health and safety, COSHH and other industry regulations. You will need the confidence to deal with your stakeholders, be a good all round communicator and the ability to make decisions under pressure.

Candidates would ideally have experience in a similar working environment (such as a factory or warehouse, hospital/laboratory support or industrial laundry).

Labcorp Drug Development is one of the world’s largest and most successful contract research organisations working with some of the leading pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, crop protection and chemical companies. Our company has experienced impressive growth over recent years, by creating a work environment that encourages talented individuals to thrive and make a difference.

Your main responsibilities will be:

Maintaining a clean and orderly working environment throughout the relevant areas of the animal facility

Operating cage washing equipment

Removing waste from cages/pens and processing through the relevant waste disposal stream

Collection and transportation of goods

Undertaking washing and folding of clothing in the laundry.

Assisting in the movement of animals, maintaining strict adherence to animal welfare

Education/Qualifications

Good literacy and numeracy skills

Experience

The skills and experience we are looking for are:

The ability to learn, and the capability to develop skills further.

Previous experience in a similar role

A full UK drivers licence would be advantageous, but not essential

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:

As an EOE/AA employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

For more information about how we collect and store your personal data, please see our Privacy Statement.

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New Forrest Diagnostic Technician- job post
TN Recruits
3 reviews
New Forest
£36,000 a year

5 reasons you should apply for this role: https://capture.tnrecruitsvideo.com/v/inDK4G6zv

Time to make memorable moments… for you and your career. A company which takes massive amounts of pride on developing technicians from any stage up, service to master.

With a highly regarded reputation as one of the best/leading vehicle groups in the South of England as a private family run group past through generations in the last 90 years. Dominant market leaders known for both new & used high end/luxury vehicle models to suit all lifestyles. Work with the best teams in your local area striving for perfection, top quality service and developing with the times. Bored of a lifeless job and want to work in a busy, bubbly environment this must be for you.

Come and work with the best of the best taking your career to next level with 2022 only around the corner.

What you will be rewarded with:

£36,000 – monthly bonus
5 day working week
25 days & Bank Holidays
Free parking
Immaculate Offices
Company Pension
Referral Scheme
Life Assurance
Free eye tests
Finical Advisor

Day to day:

Servicing
Repairs
What comes through the door no day the same
Diagnostics
Electrical & Hybrid work
Stripping & fitting components
Working along with job cards
Health checks on vehicles

What will you need:

Level 3 NVQ or City Guilds
Previous Vehicle Technician experience
A love of Cars
Willingness to training, learn and grow
A first class can do Attitude
A Team Player
Computer skills

Work with us we have an incredible reputation with over 145 5-star reviews.

Not sure if this is 100% right for you? Apply or get in touch anyway and have a chat with our Automotive specialist recruiter who has connections with some of the biggest dealerships in the UK as well as relationships with small, local, family run garages.

Please contact Alfie to find out more.

In application for this role, you are consenting to TN Recruits Ltd retaining your details to secure you work. All information provided will be held securely for up to 3 years unless we are contacted and instructed otherwise.

Sector
Trades & Services

Location
New Forest

Salary
36000 – 36000

Benefits
Consultant
Alfie Lucas

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HIGHER TECHNICIAN- job post
Moy Park
Ashbourne DE6

Benefits
Pulled from the full job description
Employee discount
Free parking
On-site parking
About Moy Park

Moy Park is one of the UK’s top 15 food companies and one of Europe’s leading poultry producers. Moy Park is the European Division of Pilgrim’s Pride and employs over 12,000 people across 12 manufacturing locations in the UK, France and Holland.

People of Moy Park

We are passionate about our people and recognise our teams, along with their individual drive and passion, are the reason for our continued success. This is your opportunity to join a forward-thinking, exciting business- applying to join our business is easy.

Your role

The successful applicants will join our maintenance team providing shift coverage for all of the facilities on the site. They will ensure the effective and efficient utilization of plant and equipment and will be required to carry out scheduled preventative maintenance tasks. Applicants should be fully time served or equivalent with maintenance experience in an industrial factory environment. Previous food factory electrical and mechanical experience being desirable. To be considered for interview applicants are expected to fully outline their industrial factory experience on their application forms.

Applicants will be required to work unsupervised as well as part of a small team; therefore communication is a key element to the positions. Applicants should be able to speak, read, write in the English language

What you’ll need

Strong, practical engineering background

Up to date knowledge about processing equipment and techniques

Understanding of Engineering and operational processes and standards

Flexible approach to work

Logical and pragmatic

Fair and honest, high degree of integrity

Self-motivated, hard working and organised (time)

Able to prioritise

Electrical/Multi-Skilling

Perks of Moy Park

Competitive salary

Above statutory holiday entitlement

Pension scheme

Flexible working

Continuous training provided

Free on-site parking

Discounted employee shop

Life cover

Shopping discounts

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In Store Technician- job post
City Facilities Management
Scotland
£35,224 a year

Established in 1985 by Lord and Lady Haughey, the company has grown to become one of the world’s largest privately held, integrated FM companies.

City’s business model is unique, and provides world leading maintenance and engineering, technical procurement & support, and cleaning services, in dedicated partnerships, directly aligned to the business objectives of its clients.

City has more than 25 years of successful service delivery experience in retail, residential and commercial markets, and has a global presence, with offices in UK & Europe, North America, Malaysia and Australia.

Our culture and values are shaped by being a family-run business. We invest in our people and embrace change as we strive to innovate and improve. We create passionate teams that work across departments, businesses and countries to deliver world class service, value and compliance to our customers.

JOB PURPOSE:

To maintain and repair a range of electrical and mechanical plant and equipment* in ASDA

stores as defined on the “Scope of Works” in an efficient and cost-effective manner, whilst

complying with the laid-down Company Health and Safety policy.

Although not an exhaustive list, this is likely to include bakery and catering equipment, HVAC
systems, compactors, lighting and other static and portable electrical equipment, systems and

circuitry.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

To represent the company in a professional manner at all times and develop a good working
relationship with City and ASDA colleagues.

To complete the PPM schedule within agreed timescales and to ensure all necessary
paperwork is completed accurately and to the laid-down procedures.

To respond promptly and positively to service call requests from the Helpdesk and to assess
the requirements of the job and carry out repairs as and where necessary.

To priorities maintenance and repair work to achieve agreed timescales and response times.
To order spares to the laid-down procedures.
To identify non-repairable faults in plant and machinery and promptly advise the Area
Manager of findings, with recommendations regarding suitable replacement.

Where plant and equipment is non-repairable, to make recommendations to the Area
Manager regarding suitable replacement.

To advise the GSM of any repair and maintenance issues that are likely to affect the smooth
running of the store.

To manage the attendance of subcontractors and assist ASDA Management in the appraisal
of subcontractors’ performance.

To carry out surveys and complete reports as required by the Area Manager.
To carry out minor alterations and installations within the individual’s technical competence in
accordance with current specifications.

To complete general repairs and maintenance to ASDA store sites as designated by the
Area Manager, e.g. repairs to the building fabric, shelving or point-of -sale signage.

To assist ISTs in other areas when requested to do so by the Area Manager.
To ensure all tools and equipment necessary (as per company tool list) to complete
maintenance and repairs are available and serviceable at all times.

To liaise with project teams on store alterations, modernizations and other relevant works.

To maintain accurate Time Sheets and Mileage Logs as required.
To attend training courses as and where necessary and to ensure personal job skills keep pace with technical developments.
To comply with the company Health and Safety Policy at all times.
To work with company and ASDA colleagues to ensure laid-down standards of quality are maintained at all times.
To comply with any other reasonable request or instruction from the Area Manager.

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Technician- job post
University of York
University of York
£26,341 – £32,344 a year – Full-time

Department
Probing Two-pore channel 2 in LRRK2-Parkinson’s in vivo

Parkinson’s disease is a major cause of disability in the elderly, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder above 60 years of age. Mutations in a large gene, LRRK2, have been linked to Parkinson’s. In a number of model organisms, expression of LRRK2 mutations recapitulates the loss of dopaminergic neurons and consequent movement deficits. This project focuses on the effects of LRRK2 in the genetically amenable organism, Drosophila. In particular, it focuses on the role of LRRK2 at the lysosome, the recycling organelle. We have a number of new genetic manipulations of the two-pore channel and novel compounds that may provide a disease-modifying therapy. The appointee will work in a lab, with other technicians, 2 research students and a post-doc all working on a range of neurodegenerative problems. This project is funded by a grant to Prof Sandip Patel (UCL), Dr Chris Elliott and Dr Sean Sweeney (York) from Parkinson’s UK.

Role
To provide technical and scientific support to research project in the laboratory. This will involve maintenance of Drosophila stocks, and characterisation of the novel mutations
Maintain accurate records of work undertaken, including reports, using appropriate (bespoke) software
Liaise with appropriate staff and external service providers to ensure the work area and equipment are kept operational
Skills, Experience & Qualifications needed

HNC, HND, Degree or equivalent in appropriate science discipline or appropriate experience
Relevant theoretical knowledge in Biology
In depth knowledge of relevant safety regulations and procedures for example, COSHH and risk assessment
Knowledge and ability to implement practical techniques used in relevant work area
Evidence of having contributed to activities using a variety of sometimes specialist technical skills
Experience of Molecular Biology (e.g. PCR, Western Blotting); training in fly work is not assumed and can be provided but will be advantageous
Experience of working on own initiative and as part of a team
This is a fixed term contract for 18 months.

Interview date: 30 June 2022

For informal enquiries: Please contact Dr Sean Sweeney by email at sean.sweeney@york.ac.uk

The University strives to be diverse and inclusive – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.

We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University.

We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork

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Maintenance Technician – Electrical- job post
NHS Property Services
Coventry CV1
£33,000 – £40,999 a year

We have a great opportunity for a Maintenance Technical – Electrical trade to join our team based in Coventry. The salary on offer is from £33,000 – £40,999 depending on experience.

This role will require you to have achieved industry recognised Electrical qualifications and having completed a Formal Apprenticeship or Craft equivalent and be an approved Electrician or have come from either a City & Guilds/NVQ Level 3 In Electrical Installation or Electrical Maintenance background.

The successful candidate would ideally have industry experience and would be expected to work alone and/or as part of a wider team. The role will require you to work cohesively with other Technical Disciplines

As an integral part of the NHS, we strive to provide best in class property and facilities services across our estate and this success is driven by our People!

Who are we?

Our services include estate strategy and optimization, property management, facilities management, property development and construction project management. We help support millions of patients and NHS colleagues in collaboration without 7,000 customers who range from Integrated Care Systems, health providers, charities and more.

Our culture and values seek to place our NHS colleagues and their patients, at the heart of everything we do.

We celebrate diversity, and we are working hard to create an inclusive environment where people love to work and can fulfil their potential.

We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

Best of luck with your application!