Engineering Technician

Pay Range

This range is provided by University of Warwick. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience – talk with your recruiter to learn more.

As an Engineering Technician within the SME Group at WMG, you will manage day‑to‑day activity in the IIPSI Technical Hall, supporting a wide range of industrial and research projects. You’ll work closely with industry partners, academics, researchers and interns, ensuring that specialist equipment and processes are operated safely, accurately and effectively, while contributing technical expertise to help deliver high‑quality outcomes.

We will consider applications for employment on a part‑time or other flexible working basis (e.g., job share), despite the position being advertised as full‑time.

You will be a technically skilled and hands‑on engineering professional, ideally having completed an Engineering Apprenticeship or holding an equivalent technical qualification. You bring practical experience from a related engineering environment and are confident working across a broad range of equipment and processes – from materials testing and characterisation to fabrication, additive manufacturing, automation and electronics.

You will have strong problem‑solving ability and sound technical judgement, able to make effective, cost‑aware decisions when supporting complex industrial and research activity. Your communication skills will enable you to work closely with academics, project teams, external partners and visitors, ensuring their needs are understood and delivered to a high standard.

Adaptable and highly organised, you will thrive in a varied environment where priorities can change quickly. You’re capable of working both independently and as part of a collaborative team, managing your workload to meet deadlines and support multiple stakeholders. Health and safety will be second nature to you – you’ll understand its importance in engineering and be confident guiding others to work safely.

Above all, you will take pride in enabling innovation, supporting world‑class research and helping others achieve exceptional results using high‑quality technical solutions.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the attached PDF job description.

The Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) is the largest department at the University of Warwick, with over 800 staff and nearly 3,000 students across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in management, technology and applied engineering. We are globally recognised for world‑class research, innovative industry partnerships and teaching excellence, and we proudly hold the Athena SWAN Silver Award and the Institutional Silver Award
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We are a world‑leading research‑intensive university founded in 1965. Ranked 106th in the world and 8th in the UK, over 92% of our research is rated world‑leading or internationally excellent.

We wish to advise applicants that this role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government Website to see if you are eligible to work through other immigration routes before you apply.

Closing deadline:
Sunday 18th January 2026 at 11:55pm (UK Time).

To apply, click Apply below and submit an application form by the deadline. You will be asked to include a CV and cover letter.

In your CV include your education and employment history and any other relevant experience.

In your cover letter explain your motivations for applying to the role and, using examples, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria in the job description. All essential criteria must be met to be considered for interview.

• An attractive pension scheme.
• 30 days holiday plus university Christmas closure.
• Generous parental/adoption leave policy.
• On‑site childcare facilities.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer access to flexible working arrangements. We are a Living Wage employer.