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Senior Field Technician

2 months ago

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom UKCEH Full time
Senior/Lead Field Technician

UKCEH is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior/Lead Field Technician to join our team of scientists and engineers. As a key member of our dynamic and multi-disciplinary team, you will play a vital role in leading and implementing a new flagship Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) project.

About the Role

This is a pioneering and ground-breaking science initiative that has secured a £38 million investment to establish and advance hydrological science and infrastructure nationwide. As a Senior/Lead Field Technician, you will be responsible for designing and deploying systems at remote field sites, addressing site-specific installation requirements, and overseeing the translation of scientific monitoring needs into dependable, low-maintenance automated sensor networks.

Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with lead scientists to develop new environmental monitoring sensor systems
  • Construct, wire, program, test, and deploy new systems
  • Co-lead responsive and planned maintenance visits for automated field instrument systems
  • Become the subject matter expert in chosen instrumentation
  • Train and mentor technicians within the team
  • Visit nationwide field sites for new system installations and training, fault resolution, and decommissioning
  • Maintain mobile instrumentation, oversee temporary deployments, train less experienced users, and manage remote deployments
  • Procure parts and ready-made systems
  • Provide insights and areas of improvement for data capture and data quality performance, reducing operational costs and minimizing data gaps
  • Keep up with available/emerging innovative technologies and best practices for sensor networks
  • Maintain and write thorough documentation of working procedures, calibrations, inventory, etc.
Requirements
  • Technical qualification at BTEC level or degree (or equivalent work experience)
  • Broad understanding of field data logger hardware, hydrological or other environmental field sensors, and their maintenance requirements
  • Ability to work with technical drawings, schematics, and wiring routing diagrams of a sensor station, network, or mesh network
  • Experience of programming data loggers, interfacing sensors, and telemetry networks, including various methods and comms protocols
  • Appreciation for the importance of accurate data management and version control
  • Experience delivering fieldwork activities safely in remote outdoor environments year-round, with experience of Safe Systems of Work in the field/Lone Working Safety
  • Comfort with occasional work at heights
  • Knowledge and experience of workshop and lab safety practices in the UK
  • Full driving license and willingness to be occasionally away from home overnight to visit field sites across the UK (some overseas travel may be required)
Desirable Skills
  • Previous experience working within an environmental, academic, scientific, or research environment
  • Programming in R/C/C++/Visual Basic/Python/CR Basic
  • IP and serial bus networked sensors and basic computer/sensor networking configuration
  • Configuring and deploying telemetry systems (GPRS/mobile and satellite)
  • Sensor network experience
  • Knowledge of quality management systems (i.e., ISO9001)
About UKCEH

UKCEH is a leading independent, not-for-profit research institute committed to recruiting talented people like you, progressing your career, and giving you the support you need to thrive. We're seeking someone who is meticulous in research, testing, and reporting, and understands the requirement to provide evidence-based justification to support decision making.

We'll provide the workshop, tools, PPE, vehicles, and continuous training, and in exchange, we're seeking your enthusiasm, inquisitiveness, and collaborative spirit. If you're passionate about innovation and problem-solving, and enjoy a variable workload, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.