The School of Engineering is looking to appoint a highly motivated individual to join our Professional Services team as a Distribution Centre Coordinator.
This post is available at grade 5 or as a development role where it is anticipated that upon satisfactory completion of a predetermined training program the role holder will progress to G5. The post is initially funded until 31 July 2027, candidates seeking a secondment opportunity are welcomed.
The role will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Engineering stores area including:
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Managing goods inwards and outwards.
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Receiving, handling and storing safely, deliveries to the stores area for the School, including those with specific health and safety requirements: e.g. gas cylinders, chemicals & solvents.
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Notifying members of the department that items ordered have arrived and arrange collection.
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Procurement for taught students, e.g. for individual and group projects.
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Liaison with delivery drivers, logistics/courier companies etc. as required.
At grade 5 the role will further be responsible for:
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Fork lift truck operation
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Safe use of workshop machinery used to cut materials to required size e.g. band saw, guillotine
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Management of hazardous waste storage & collection.
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Management and distribution of compressed gas cylinders
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Advise on use of couriers and overseas dispatches, import and export procedures and hazardous goods transportation.
Your work will include frequent liaison with teaching and research staff, undergraduate and post graduate students. Applicants should be good communicators and be able to work both independently and as part of a team.
The School draws upon over five decades of excellence and innovation in engineering, and today is a thriving centre for research and teaching. Our mission is to perform world-leading research, and to use that research to help understand and solve engineering challenges of global significance. We currently comprise over 120 members of staff and we work across mechanical, nuclear, chemical, robotics & control, electronics, materials and manufacturing engineering subject areas. In January 2024 we opened our second purpose-built engineering building, further increasing our experimental and laboratory facilities.
You should have a strong commitment to supporting the teaching and research activities of the School and the on-campus staff and student experience at Lancaster, and also a willingness to engage in continuing professional development and outreach activity.
The School of Engineering offers a highly collegial and stimulating environment for career development based on our departmental values of equity, diversity, and inclusivity. We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis as well as the Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, which recognise and celebrate good employment practice undertaken to address gender and race equality in higher education and research. Furthermore, we are active and progressive around sustainability, wellbeing and widening participation agendas. We particularly welcome applicants that are enthusiastic advocates of STEM.
Informal enquiries about the role should be directed to Martin O'Connor, Departmental Officer ([email protected])
