About The Role
For informal enquiries, please contact Vishal Shah (Associate Professor) Vishal.shah@warwick.ac.uk
The Platform Manager position for 36.5 hours per week.
The University are making a centralised nano/micro fabrication facility, which is called the Nanofabrication Research Technology Platform (“Facility”). We are seeking to appoint a Platform Manager to manage the facility. They will develop, implement and manage the staff, resources and facilities necessary to ensure the Platform becomes world leading and meets the appropriate legal requirements, standards of performance and welfare in all of the services it delivers, and so enable all nanofabrication research across the University.
The Platform Manager will be responsible for the stewardship of bespoke technology platforms and associated equipment worth approximately £5 million, ensuring that it delivers internationally competitive nano and micro fabrication resource for the university research community.
The role will require you implement and advise on service delivery and experimental design to all current and prospective users of the facility, including university staff and academic collaborations.
The successful candidate must have previous experience of specialist tool maintenance. Desirably, they will have experience in cleanroom operations and/or semiconductor device fabrication with an ability to work in a semiconductor laboratory environment for high purity semiconductor materials. This role will lead a technicians’ team within a busy department, and you will need to be flexible and organised to manage a varied workload.
About You
We are looking for someone with significant experience in working with specialist scientific facilities and tools related to physics, engineering, chemistry or materials science. This would desirably be by working in a semiconductor laboratory environment for high purity semiconductor materials.
Along with the Research Technology Platform Director, you will be responsible for the management of the annual budget which includes facility running costs, procurement, maintenance costs, and income generation. You should be comfortable with responsibility of the provision of financial estimates for experimental and research work with an annual turnover being reported.
You will desirably possess strong technical expertise in nano/ microfabrication processing, with experience in some of the following: lithography, metal deposition, oxide deposition, wet chemical processing or plasma etching.
You will have a strong background in design, technical diagrams, as well as health and safety legislation.
The ideal candidate will have the ability to build effective relationships with users and customers, internal and external to the organisation and demonstrate previous successes and skills transference to others.
You will have the ability to interpret complex instructions, analyse and implement detailed specifications.
You must have excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work on your own initiative and manage a small team/project or coordinate multiple projects.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
About The Department
The University of Warwick’s Research Technology Platforms (RTPs) provide an integrated network of world-class facilities and expertise that enable researchers to perform outstanding science. We aim to enhance local, regional and international research outcomes by providing researchers with access to a network of cutting-edge technology platforms, operated with world-best expertise and leadership principles, to enable innovative research of the very highest quality.
About The University
Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.
You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.
- QS World University Rankings 2024
- Research Excellence Framework 2021
To find out more about us visit our website.
How to Apply
CLOSING DATE: Sunday 28th September 2025 at 23:55 (BTS)
To apply, please click ‘Apply’ below and submit an application form by the closing date.
Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application form past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 23:30).
You will have to attach a CV and a cover letter.
- Your CV should include your employment history (including your most recent employment), your education history, and any other relevant experience.
- Your cover letter should explain your motivations for applying to the role. It should also explain, using examples, how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the Job Description PDF document below. Please note that all essential criteria must be met by candidates who are invited to interview.
Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We
highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and explaining below, using examples, how you meet the criterion, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.
To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications submitted via our official careers webpage, warwick-careers.tal.net.
- Interview Date: To be confirmed
- Start Date: As soon as possible
What we Offer
We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.
If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here.
The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
The University of Warwick is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those we work with.
In line with the DBS Code of Practice, the successful candidates for any roles involving regulated activity, will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. The University will take all necessary measures to ensure that any individual subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group specified (i.e. children and/or adults).
We expect all employees, volunteers, and partners to share our commitment to safeguarding.
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The University undertakes not to discriminate against anyone who makes a disclosure relating to a conviction. The information disclosed at application stage is only visible to the central DBS team (i.e. not recruiting managers) to ensure there is no bias during the shortlisting process.
Job Description
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