Technical Specialist - Manchester, United Kingdom - The University of Manchester

The University of Manchester

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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Overall Purpose of the Job

We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Technical Specialist (Computational Facilities) to join our dynamic technical operations team, which strives to provide a sector leading technical support for FSE and the wider University.

With a commitment to customer service excellence and a passion for science and engineering, Technical Specialist (Computational Facilities) will provide an agile technical support service to staff and students to support teaching, research and professional services.

FSE's research and teaching quality is recognised globally; this is an exciting opportunity to join us in Manchester and contribute to the provision of a sector leading technical service.

Key aspects of this role will include:

Overseeing the operation, compliance, and maintenance of dedicated computational facility rooms and lab spaces, including fire, electrical, and mechanical compliance, housekeeping, and cable management
Creating and maintaining inventories of computational systems, identifying colleagues responsible for upkeep of system software and hardware, and ensuring warranty and replacement plans are in place
Liaising with colleagues in Estates and Facilities and the FSE Technical Services I&F team where needed to ensure AHUs, chillers, power, lighting, and other facilities in computational facility rooms are maintained, upgraded, or replaced as required
Liaising with colleagues in IT Services and Research IT to support the needs of computational facility room users
Provide advice and support for server hardware deployment in compute facility rooms and work with users to establish compute requirements and signpost to existing facilities where appropriate

What you will get in return:

Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.

All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Any CV's submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name:
Timothy Furmston

General enquiries:

Technical support:

**Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.