Technical Officer – Electrical Trades

Essential Qualifications and Skills

Minimum

Candidates must have:

• Ordinary Degree (Level 7) and ideally at least one year’s postgraduate experience

or

• Hold the relevant Senior Trades or equivalent or National Craft Certificate in Electrical and ideally at least one year postgraduate experience.

• Ability to take initiative, give leadership and work with people.

• Good organisational, communication and interpersonal skills.

• Good knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.

• Evidence of personal development through further skills development.

• Good technical knowledge in designated area.

Desirable Qualifications and Skills

Desirable

Ideally 5 years professional experience with the following:

• Relevant technical support to various stakeholders.

• Stock control and ordering experience.

Health and safety experience, with an emphasis on assisting with safety audits of workshop environments.

Overview of the Role

Reporting to the Head of Department, the successful applicant will be required to provide technical expertise in the areas of electrical installations, electrical panel building and testing of such equipment. Be responsible for ordering of stock and be capable of managing inventory. Safe workshop practices and good housekeeping will be essential. Be fully up to date with NSAI regulations I.S. 10101.

The post holder will support the Department’s activities, such as assist with ordering, health and safety, preparation and maintenance of teaching laboratories, and the supply of teaching materials.

Duties

The following indicate some of the principal duties and responsibilities that may be assigned depending on the post in question.

• The service, maintenance, security and care of workshops in the Department of Engineering Technology and particularly in the area of electrical installation.

• Involvement with academic staff in electrical and electronic technology with students who are apprentices on block release programmes in electrical installation and electronics or students on any other courses or programmes which the Institute may decide to run.

• Involvement with academic staff with Research and Consultancy.

• Setting up machinery, equipment and materials, and to supervise, control and distribute them as necessary during classes.

• Carrying out repairs to machinery, equipment and apparatus as required.

• Testing machinery, equipment and materials before each class.

• Removing, cleaning and storing materials and equipment at the end of classes.

• Performing the routine preventative maintenance of workshop and laboratory equipment.

• Fabricating components, models and new equipment or make modifications to equipment.

• Assisting in the ordering and control of stocks of machinery, equipment and materials.

• Assisting in the development of experiments and demonstrations as may be required.

• Keeping the Workshops and Laboratories in a secure, clean and orderly fashion.

• Assisting the academic staff or Head of Department or Section in ensuring that the workshop and laboratory safety standards are adhered to.

• Performing such other similar duties as may be required by the academic staff or the Head of Department or Section or other members of the Institute Management.

• Organising, preparing and setting up for practical classes, demonstrations, assessments, practical examinations, project and research work in laboratory and other areas.

• To undertake commissioning of new equipment.

• Installing and testing of software, making software available to appropriate users, ensuring anti virus software is installed and kept up to date, network management where appropriate.

• To carry out routine maintenance of equipment.

• Provide technical assistance to lecturers and students to ensure the safe and smooth running of events.

• To ensure that laboratories, materials and equipment are kept clean, tidy and in good order.

• To provide support for delivery and receipt of goods.

• To undertake such other duties as the President, Head of School or Department or Faculty, Senior Technical Officer or other authorised officer may assign from time to time.

• Liaise with Senior Technical Officer and Technical Officer grades and other designated manager grades to define service requirements and monitor service levels in their designated area.

• Assisting in Programme quality assurance and development.

• Organising, assisting and advising lecturers and students on the safe operation and use of equipment and materials.

• Organising, supervising, assisting and advising staff and students doing project work at certificate, diploma, degree and postgraduate level and project reports.

• Designing, modifying, building, testing and installation of equipment for teaching and research needs.

• Carry out and assist in research.

• Organising, preparing and setting up practical classes, assisting and advising lecturers and students on the safe operation and use of equipment and materials in laboratories and other areas.

• Organising, preparing and setting up equipment and materials for practical examinations.

• Writing and updating technical instruction manuals for staff and students.

• Carrying out safety audits in all areas of operation in cooperation with other grades of staff.

• Monitoring, testing and recording of condition of safety equipment and class materials to comply with Health and Safety Regulation and other Regulations specific to work area i.e. RPII, EPA and Material Safety Data Sheets.

• Arranging for safe disposal of used materials e.g. biological, chemical and materials containing toxic, hazardous and volatile materials.

• Assist in organising and scheduling of work of laboratory aides.

• Repairing, maintaining, securing and storing laboratory equipment and consumable materials.

• Stock control of equipment and consumable materials.

• Assist in consulting with suppliers of equipment and consumable materials, and assist in obtaining technical specifications, quotations and ordering new equipment and consumable materials.

• Taking delivery of equipment and consumable materials and commissioning new equipment.

• Establishing and maintaining stock control of equipment and consumable materials.

Salary

Technical Officer Salary Scale €45,691 – €76,245

Candidates external to the sector may be appointed up to the 6th Point (€55,433) of the Salary Scale in accordance with University Policy.

Hours of Work

36.5 hours per week.