Senior Technical Manager
About The Position
The School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment is seeking an experienced and proactive Senior Technical Manager to lead its technical team and oversee a range of significant and complex technical activities that play a critical role in supporting the delivery of teaching and research program outcomes. This role involves providing strategic and day-to-day leadership across the School’s technical services, ensuring the effective operation of laboratories, specialist facilities, and technical support functions. The manager will deliver high-level, professional technical services to support academic staff, students, and onsite facilities, including laboratory and facility operations, while ensuring a compliant and safe operating environment. Working closely with the School Manager and the Academic Lab Coordinator, the Senior Technical Manager will be key in planning, coordinating, and enhancing technical operations to meet the evolving needs of the School’s teaching and research programs. The position also entails leading and mentoring the technical team, fostering a collaborative, service-focused culture, and ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality support. This is an opportunity to shape operational excellence, support world-class research and teaching, and contribute to a safe, innovative, and future-ready technical environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead our technical team
- Oversee a range of significant and complex technical activities that play a critical role in supporting the delivery of teaching and research program outcomes
- Provide strategic and day-to-day leadership across the School’s technical services
- Ensure the effective operation of laboratories, specialist facilities, and technical support functions
- Manage and deliver high-level, professional technical services to support academic staff, students and onsite facilities including laboratory and facility operations
- Ensure a compliant and safe operating environment
- Play a key role in planning, coordinating, and enhancing technical operations to meet the evolving needs of the School’s teaching and research programs
- Lead and mentor the technical team, fostering a collaborative, service-focused culture
- Ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality support
Benefits
- 17% employer superannuation
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- Policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments
- Supporting parents
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
