Technical / Laboratory Assistant

• Full time, continuing position as a Technical Assistant in the Technical Support Services Team 

• Opportunity to utilise your experience in supporting higher educational laboratories 

• Base salary from $80,037 plus 17% superannuation  

About the opportunity 

The Technical Assistant will work on the Camperdown Campus in the Carslaw Building. This role supports the delivery of timely and effective technical services within the responsible area to achieve enhanced education/research facilities support outcomes. The role’s key activities include maintaining the technical facility in a clean and tidy state, operating equipment, disposing of technical waste, maintaining stock levels of supplies, and administrative tasks such as performing inventory stock takes, labelling, record-keeping, receiving and unpacking goods, etc. This role also assists Technical Officers with setting up of classes/demonstrations/research, maintaining and calibrating equipment, preparing reagents and consumables, writing safety/procedural documentation, and conducting investigative tasks under guidance. 

The Technical Assistant is customer service-focused and provides efficient routine support services to technical facility educators and research facilities in line with service targets. The Technical Assistant may liaise with personnel from other Professional Services Units to ensure delivery of enabling services that support the maintenance and functioning of the work area. 

Your key responsibilities will be to: 

• deliver effective and timely technical services in responsibility area in line with established protocols/ procedures under the general supervision of senior technical staff 

• support the implementation of service improvements and service excellence within the responsibility area 

• contribute to a positive, professional, customer-focused team culture 

• maintain inventory databases and regularly perform stocktaking for equipment, consumables, hazardous materials, and samples

• champion best practices, workplace health and safety, compliance, and risk management  

• assist in responding to emergencies, alarms, and equipment/ instrument failures, as directed 

• provide project support as required, collaborating with other TSS, PSU or central project managers/teams as required.

About you:  

• Certificate III level qualification and/or above, or Laboratory Technician Certificate with relevant experience, and/or equivalent combination of relevant training and experience 

• experience in set up/pack down of higher educational laboratory classes in the either of the following areas: agriculture, protein biochemistry, molecular biology, cell culture, microbiology, virology, plant pathology, plant biology, animal biology

• training or a background working in routine etc environments, including experience in working with hazardous substances and/or technical equipment 

• experience in any front-line service environment interacting with customers or clients 

• ability to work in accordance with safety regulations and operating procedures within a technical environment 

• ability to contribute to the development and maintenance of standard technical documentation and operating procedures 

• ability to work both independently and as part of a team. 

The successful candidate will be involved in assisting with the collection of live ocean samples, therefore proficiency in swimming and snorkeling is highly regarded

To keep our community safe, please be aware of our COVID safety precautions which form our conditions of entry for all staff, students and visitors coming to campus.

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For a continuing position, you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident.

Australian Temporary Residents currently employed at the University of Sydney may be considered for a fixed term contract for the length of their visa, depending on the requirements of the hiring area and the reasons for the position.

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and backgroun