
Support Technician Digital Fabrication
Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: LCF - East Bank Stratford, London UK
Salary: £33,661 - £40,377 pro rata per annum
Contract: Part time
Hours: Part time
Job description
The opportunity
Do you possess knowledge and experience of creative product or garment design? We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and innovative technician to join our Digital Fabrication Lab Technical Team at London College of Fashion (LCF).
As a Support Technician: Digital Fabrication, you’ll contribute to the delivery of technical services and resources, working with your colleagues in the technical team to support the day-to-day operations of the teaching and learning facilities.
This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your teaching skills, as you'll provide technical assistance and advice to students, helping them to develop new skills and a familiarity with digital fabrication practices.
In addition to this, you'll be responsible for basic and routine maintenance procedures within the workshop and will undertake the daily preparation of facilities and resources to ensure that they are supplied and maintained. This will also include assisting with the preparation of learning materials, equipment and consumables for students and staff to use.
If you have any queries about this role, please contact the recruiting manager Tony Lall Chopra on t.lall-chopra@fashion.arts.ac.uk
If you have any queries about the application process or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact the Resourcing Team at vacancies@fashion.arts.ac.uk
About you
With relevant qualifications and experience in creative product or garment design, you’ll be familiar with laser cutting, digital production tools and techniques, and the use of 2D and 3D software to create toolpaths for laser cutting.
You'll possess skills and experience in laser and digital workshop practices and will be capable of operating safely within a learning environment. This includes the safe and skilful operation and maintenance of laser cutting equipment for fabric and plastics cutting and engraving.
As an industrious and innovative individual, you'll be confident in creating and maintaining engaging learning materials for specialist practice and will be capable of answering queries and solving problems in accordance with procedures and precedent.
A knowledge and understanding of relevant Health and Safety legislation is also essential, including the ability to implement appropriate H&S practices into your work and practice.
We are UAL
University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.
We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.
We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.