Technician - Coatings & Materials Performance

This is an exciting opportunity to join our High Temperature Surface Engineering centre supporting a variety of specialist materials projects.

You will provide technical and manufacturing support in a variety of interesting projects linked to the Royce Institute activities within the High temperature, Corrosion and Erosion centre. You will be able to support researchers, students and external clients in wide ranging, interesting and challenging projects. You will also become fully responsible for the operation, maintenance, safe working and standard operating procedures of specialized equipment and laboratory areas.

For this role BTEC Level 3 advanced Apprenticeship completion in a relevant discipline and/or significant experience is regarded as essential. You will need to be a self motivated, proactive person with a calm approach to challenges.

Ideal skills for this role are: good communication skills, a good working knowledge of health and safety, the ability to learn quickly, with significant working experience in a Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering discipline being most suitable.

As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield's world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here.

Cranfield Manufacturing and Materials has been following the ambitious strategy of developing a roadmap for Sustainable Manufacturing and Materials Sectors for 2050 by applying fundamental science and thought leadership via conceiving and maturing the concepts of Smart, Clean and Green manufacturing solutions agnostically across all sectors and through all tiers of the supply chain and with SMEs as well as OEMs. This is to support the national aspiration of Net Zero UK by 2050 We offer world-class and niche post-graduate level research, education, training and consultancy. We are unique in our multi-disciplinary approach by bringing together design, materials' technology and management expertise.

We link fundamental materials research with manufacturing to develop novel technologies and improve the science base of the manufacturing research. Our capabilities are unique, with a focus on simulation and modelling, and sustainability. They also include work in composite manufacture, metallic glasses, nano-materials (graphene, carbon nanotubes, coatings and sensors), low energy casting, thermal barrier coatings and Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM).

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