Pest Control Technician

The candidate will be responsible to prepare, manage and run the teaching and learning practical class laboratories at the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS), Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus; and provide support to academic staff and students to ensure efficient operation of space and equipment in the civil and architectural engineering laboratories, and workshop. The candidate must be proactive, hands-on, solutions-driven and have a good attitude toward working within the academic community.

Summary of Key Duties and Responsibilities :

• Plan, prepare, conduct and facilitate laboratory practicals for students within the Civil and Architectural Engineering teaching and research laboratories.
• Understand and acknowledge risks associated with the work activity and always operate in a safe and compliant manner applying control measures identified through risk assessment.
• Procurement and stock-control of all EGIS equipment (capital and consumables).
• Train students in the use of equipment and procedures within the teaching and research laboratories.
• Demonstrate equipment and techniques to students and staff as the need arises.
• Provide technical support for Bachelors, Masters and PhD dissertations and projects.
• Set up, adjust, calibrate, clean, maintain and troubleshoot equipment.
• Fault find equipment problems and repair equipment or arrange external servicing and repair.
• Responsible for the safe storage and disposal of all waste and chemicals, ensuring all health and safety regulations are strictly adhered to and all staff and students in the teaching class areas are following safety procedures.

Please note that this job description is not exhaustive; the role holder will be required to be adaptable and undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the grading of the post.

Education, Qualifications & Experience :

These are the criteria on which the short-listing and recruitment selection will be based.

Essential

• Educated to a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science or a related discipline; OR a Higher Diploma and comparable relevant industrial experience.
• Demonstrable practical experience of relevant technical / scientific work, demonstrating development through involvement in progressively more demanding work / roles.
• Competent in the use of relevant IT packages.
• Analytical and technical problem solving skills.
• Proven technical experience in own scientific or technical specialism which will have been acquired over a number of years, with a basic understanding of the relevant theory.
• Experience of relevant health and safety protocols.
• Demonstrate self-motivation and desire to achieve the objectives agreed with managers working towards the strategic goals set by the School.
• Demonstrate willingness and ability to continuously learn and develop new skills in line with changing trends in the technology field.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrable excellent customer service.
• Demonstrable ability to work quickly, flexibly and accurately in a dynamic, changing and pressured environment.
• Demonstrable professional and proactive approach.

Desirable

• Have physical ability to lift heavy weights frequently, such as soil and other concrete samples in the laboratory.
• Hold Health and Safety certification, or a related qualification.
• Experience of other technical skill sets relevant to main job function, e.g., welding, woodworking, etc.
• Hold a light forklift license.
• Specific IT software package knowledge in drawing or simulation tools, such as Computer Aided Design, Finite Element Modelling or Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Heriot-Watt University Values

With a history dating back to 1821, Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class teaching and professionally relevant, leading-edge research, which has made it one of the top UK universities for business and industry.

We are a vibrant, forward-looking university, well known for the quality of our degrees with employers actively seeking out our graduates. Heriot-Watt is also Scotland’s international university with an unsurpassed international in-country presence. We deliver degree programmes to circa 30,000 students in 143 countries around the world, have a further overseas campus in Dubai and boast the largest international student cohort in Scotland.

At Heriot-Watt we’ve created an environment that nurtures innovation and leadership - where our researchers, staff and students can realise their potential and develop their ambitions.

We are proud of our collegiate atmosphere and integrated teaching and research approach which has helped to build a community of committed academics and highly motivated students. Our focus on careers delivers results and we’ve an excellent reputation for graduate employability.

In addition to the Edinburgh campus, we currently have campuses in the Scottish Borders, Orkney, Dubai and Malaysia. For all of our campuses we aim to provide stimulating, supportive environments conducive to effective learning and research, where staff and students can excel. At Heriot-Watt, we have an established set of values that help us to nurture innovation and leadership, and show our commitment to continuous improvement and development in all our activities.

Our values describe our deeply held beliefs and our community spirit. They characterise not only how we are as a higher education institution but also frame how we want to be.

Our values are:

• Belong
• Collaborate
• Inspire
• Celebrate

As a learning, living and working institution, we use our values as the building blocks of how we go about doing our work and how we each conduct ourselves as members of Heriot-Watt University. They represent what binds us together as a University community and help us to become the best at what we do.