Gallery Technician (Working Objects)

Gallery Technician (Working Objects)

Do you have experience as a time-served apprentice in a relevant field or equivalent experience in a relevant mechanical engineering role? Would you like the opportunity to carry out essential maintenance on our working collection of machinery?

About us

Our Gallery Maintenance team plays a crucial role in ensuring the seamless operation of the Science and Industry Museum. We are now recruiting for a Gallery Technician (Working Objects) to join the team based at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester on a full-time, fixed-term contract until March 2026.

About the role

As Gallery Technician (Working Objects), you will work with colleagues in the Gallery Maintenance Team and specialist external contractors to assess the condition of our working collections and carry out any required enabling works and essential maintenance to prepare the working collection for operation, maintaining high standards of care, operation, and safety.

You will ensure that museum policies and procedures are consistently followed, and you will support the development of new and existing galleries and exhibitions by providing technical expertise and supervision.

You will work closely with colleagues to operate working machinery to maximise uptime, performance and safety. In addition to supporting the learning team with working machinery operation during the delivery of live demonstrations as part of the public programme.

About you

Joining us you will have experience as a time-served apprentice in a relevant field or have equivalent experience (or qualification) in a relevant mechanical engineering role. You will have experience of accurately measuring industrial machinery parts and a good knowledge of relevant health and safety regulations, including PUWER.

Crucially, you will be a good communicator with the ability to confidently work with colleagues at all levels, external stakeholders and subject specialists and the public. You will have good attention to detail and the motivation to uphold the high standards of presentation, performance and health and safety practice.

Applying

View the Vacancy Information Pack listed under 'Attachments' on the vacancy listing on our website for more details about the role and the application process, or click 'Apply Online' to submit an application.

Don't feel you meet all of the criteria? At SMG, we are committed to building a workforce that is open for all, and welcome you to apply, even if your experience doesn't fit perfectly. With your transferable skills, you could be the right candidate for this, or other opportunities that we have.

What we offer

Joining us as an employee, you will have the opportunity to develop your career in a world-class museum group. We understand that work/life balance and wellbeing is crucial to our colleagues, so we offer the perks listed below, as well as support for things that happen in life such as parental and adoption leave, sickness, and career breaks.

* Support with personal and professional development
* days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
* Employee assistance programme
* Enhanced contributory pension
* Unmind App and other wellbeing support
* Interest-free loans
* Days Out discounts

Open for All is one of the Science Museum Group's five core values and sets out our important aspiration to be a place for everyone. We are working hard to understand our organisation better and to foster a culture that recognises and values different backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, knowledge, and expertise. By having greater diversity, we believe that we will be a stronger and better organisation, capable to continue to Inspire Futures.

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