Technician

Role: Technician

Grade and Salary: Grade 4 (£24,700 - £26,615) pro rata

FTE and working pattern: 0.14 FTE (5 hours per week) fixed term for 5 months

Holiday Entitlement: 28 days annual leave plus 9 buildings-closed days (and Christmas Eve when it falls on a weekday). Use our total rewards calculator:  https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/work/total-rewards-calculator.htm to see the value of benefits provided by Heriot-Watt University.

Purpose of Role

The purpose of the role is to maintain and populate a website with information about personnel, research projects, events and publications related to the Energy Simulation chair programmes at Heriot-Watt University.   The post holder will be a student member of the Energi Simulation chair research teams led by Professors Arne Skauge and Eric Mackay, and will collect information about their own and fellow research students’ projects, and use this information to populate and update a web site that they will be responsible for building and maintaining.  They will also collate news information, publications, publishable data sets, and conference opportunities from research and support staff associated with chair teams for inclusion on the website.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

The successful appointee will be expected to undertake the following duties:

• Collect information about their own and fellow research students’ projects
• Use this information to populate and update a web site that they will be responsible for building and maintaining
• Collate news information, publications, publishable data sets, and conference opportunities from research and support staff associated with chair teams for inclusion on the website
• Some travel may be required for conferences, training courses, and industry events

Please note that this job description is not exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the grading of the post. Activities may be subject to amendment over time as the role develops and/or priorities and requirements evolve. 

Essential & Desirable Criteria

Essential

• Educated to SCQF Level 7-8 (HNC/HND) or equivalent in Physics/Chemistry/Mathes/Chemical Engineering. Petroleum Engineering, GeoEnergy Engineering or extensive experience in a similar role.
• Competent in the use of relevant IT packages; CMG (CMOST, STARS, GEM), ECLIPSE
• Demonstrable ability to work quickly, flexibly, and accurately.
• Intimately familiar with the Energi Simulation chair programmes and associated student projects at Heriot-Watt University

Desirable

• Competent in the use of relevant IT packages; MATLAB & WordPress.
• Familiar with the stakeholders of the Energi Simulation research programmes and their objectives.

How to Apply

Applications can be submitted up to 11:55pm (UK time) on Monday 2nd November 2026.

Please submit via the Heriot-Watt on-line recruitment system (1) Cover letter describing your interest and suitability for the post; (2) Full CV.

We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We therefore encourage you to submit your application promptly.

We recognise that many candidates use AI tools during the application process and are comfortable with AI being used as a supporting aid. However, we want to hear from you, not AI.

Your application should be an authentic representation of your skills, experience and achievements. Applications that appear to have been fully generated by AI may not accurately reflect your suitability for the role and are therefore discouraged.

At interview, candidates will be expected to discuss and provide evidence of the experience, skills and examples included in their application.

We welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g., part-time working and job share options.

Heriot-Watt University is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected, trained, promoted, appraised, and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities.  Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all.

Heriot-Watt University values diversity across our university community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society, particularly from underrepresented groups. For more information, please see our website https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/services/equality-diversity.htm and also our award-winning work in Disability Inclusive Science Careers https://disc.hw.ac.uk/.

Use our total rewards calculator: https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/work/total-rewards-calculator.htm to see the value of benefits provided by Heriot-Watt University.

About the Team

Professor Eric Mackay and Professor Arne Skauge from the Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering (IGE) at the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society are pleased to continue and grow their research activities in energy transition, thanks to an investment exceeding $1M Canadian Dollars from Energi Simulation.

The Calgary-based not-for-profit Energi Simulation, which promotes and financially supports research & development and graduate students through research grants at universities and industry research centres, is renewing its successful and award-winning chair programme at Heriot-Watt University, which has been ongoing for the past 14 years. 

To further grow IGE’s research portfolio that supports the transition to a low-carbon energy future and underpin Energi Simulation’s vision to create a more sustainable energy future through simulation research, Professor Mackay’s chair will focus on CCUS (carbon capture, utilization and storage) and Reactive Flow Simulation and Professor Skauge’s chair will focus on Low Net Carbon Enhanced Oil Recovery. 

About Heriot-Watt University

At Heriot-Watt we are passionate about our values and look to them to connect our people globally and to help us collaborate and celebrate our success through working together. Our research programmes can deliver real world impact which is achieved through the diversity of our international community and the recognition of creative talent that connects our global team.

Our flourishing community will give you the freedom to challenge and to bring your enterprising mind and to help our partners with solutions that can be applied now and in the future. Join us and Heriot Watt will provide you with a platform to thrive and work in a way that also helps you live your life in balance with well-being and inclusiveness at the heart of our global community.