Job Description
Position Details
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK
Full time starting salary is normally in the range £32,296 to £34,866 with potential progression once in post to £39,105
Grade: 6
Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to March 2027
Closing date: 17th March 2025
Interviews to take place week commencing 24th March 2025
Our offer to you
People are at the heart of what we are and do. The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.
We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential. Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements.
The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus.
Background
The College of Life and Environmental Sciences (CoLES) is home to around 5,000 students studying more than 100 undergraduate, postgraduate taught and research programmes. This post will oversee the CoLES CT scanner facility housed in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Role Summary
You will provide technical expertise, support and guidance within the CoLES CT Scanner Facility. In addition to operating the CT scanner, you will oversee and develop the facility, carry out data processing, manage customers, and be responsible for safe operations.
Main Duties
1. Operate, maintain, and oversee use of the CT scanner.
2. Carry out or assist in managing experiments within the facility.
3. Advise on techniques and experimental procedures being used by researchers and/or students.
4. Diagnose and resolve problems and suggest solutions regarding techniques and experiments.
5. Acquire and process CT scan data of a range of samples.
6. Curate existing CT scan data.
7. Communicate directly and work closely with PIs, postdoctoral researchers, undergraduates and other internal and external users on projects and experiments.
8. Maintain accurate records of all techniques and experimental procedures you carry out.
9. Ensure compliance with legislation relevant to the area of research/activity.
10. Oversee invoicing of the facility and maintain a budget.
Health and Safety duties
1. Proactive support for health and safety within the facility.
2. Comply with all current rules and ensure all required assessments are in place, approved and up to date.
3. Fully understand the safety aspects of equipment operation and be able to demonstrate/train staff on the correct usage of the equipment.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience
Essential
1. Extensive relevant workplace experience in operation of CT scanning equipment.
2. Extensive experience of scanning and analysing data from palaeobiological, geological, or life sciences (or related) samples.
3. Undergraduate degree in relevant science field.
4. In-depth practical knowledge of relevant technical and scientific methods.
5. Proficiency in commonly used software packages (e.g. CTPro, Mimics, Avizo, VG, DragonFly).
Desirable
1. Experience with a Nikon XTH 225 CT scanner.
2. Experience of managing large quantities of data.
Internal and External relationships
This role will be advising and supporting research staff and/or students, and with external contacts such as company representatives.
Informal enquiries to Eimear Orgill, email: e.b.orgill@bham.ac.uk
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