School/Department: Discipline of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering
Job Category and Level: Professional, Administrative & Support;
Hours of Post: 36.5 hours per week
The Purpose of the Role
The Technical Officer will play a key role in ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of undergraduate teaching programmes, experimental project work and research activities within the Discipline of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering. They will support the implementation and operation of mechanical and manufacturing devices ensuring continuity of research and teaching activities throughout the Discipline as well as providing training and demonstrations to students and researchers.
The successful candidate will have a genuine interest in STEM, particularly Mechanical Engineering. The candidate will be a strong and motivated team player, who can problem solve and is able to propose and implement change.
Context
Trinity’s School of Engineering is ranked #1 in Ireland (QS Rankings) and is a proud recipient of a Bronze Athena Swan award, attained in 2021. As part of the School's on-going actions in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion it welcomes all applications that meet the criteria below and particularly those from under-represented groups. The school offers a collegiate and supportive environment to all its staff and works to ensure that all its staff and students can perform at their best while putting in place those steps that facilitate a healthy work/life balance.
The Discipline of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering (MMBE) is the largest of three disciplines contributing to teaching and research across the School of Engineering. There is an undergraduate complement of approximately 280 students each year in the School of Engineering. Around 150 of these undergraduates choose degree courses within the MMBE Discipline each year, in addition to 50 postgraduate MSc students and 80 PhD students. The Discipline is particularly active in research, with substantial funding being generated from research contracts. The main research areas are in Biomedical Engineering, Power and Energy, Fluids, Heat Transfer, Acoustics and Vibration, Materials and Manufacturing, and Robotics.
Based in Unit 1 of the Trinity East Campus, the Technical Officer will join a team of technical professionals from a variety of technical backgrounds, i.e., design, electronics, I.T., mechanical and biomedical engineering who come together to provide advanced technical support to our researchers and students. Reporting to the Chief Technical Officer, the successful candidate is required to liaise directly with researchers and students providing them with technical advice, support and training in a way that is highly flexible and focused on achieving successful outcomes.
Supported by the Department, the successful candidate will operate in an environment of continuous learning to build on their professional development and to continually apply their acquired experience and skills to enhance the technical support services offered to our researchers and students.
Person Requirements
Candidates for this role are expected to possess a sound knowledge of engineering principles and an in-depth understanding of the activities of a modern engineering laboratory environment. Candidates should have a willingness to immerse themselves in new technologies. This post would be particularly suitable to candidates who have a background in mechanical automation, mechatronics, gas turbines or hydraulics/pneumatics, with a passion to make a positive contribution to education and research.
Qualifications
• Qualifications for New Staff (from 1 January 2007): entry to the profession will require a relevant Honours degree or relevant trade qualification with experiential learning [Essential].
• National Certificate on Entry: qualifications for Existing Staff (before 1 January 2007)
• The preferred candidate, if an MSc holder on entry, with a minimum of 3 years’ experience, (that must be relevant), may be appointed at Senior Technical Officer level.
• A relevant educational qualification to at least Level 8 on the NFQ scale or equivalent [Desirable].