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Specialist Technician (L&T) 3D Workshops; Animatronics & Light Engineering
Vacancy ID
12410
College/Exec Group
Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges
Location
CCW - Merton Hall Road, London UK
Salary
£40,199 - £49,072 per annum pro rata
Contract
Fixed Term
Hours
14
Apply by
21 April 2026, 11:55 pm
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The opportunity
We are looking for a curious and multi-skilled maker to join our interdisciplinary workshop technical team, supporting diverse workflows within performance-making. Applying fabrication experience in wood, plastics, metal and 3D digital. You’ll provide specialist expertise in kinetic works to assist the exploration of movement through both analogue and electronic means, across multiple courses in the School of Performance. With a range of knowledge in materials, processes and interdisciplinary making, together with an approach of thinking through making, prototyping and play, you’ll help breakdown complex information into accessible and inclusive means. Supporting students to problem solve and achieve fabricated kinetic works from concept to realisation.
As a Specialist Technician, you’ll be responsible for providing professional expertise, guidance and advice to students, which contribute to the delivery of course and project learning outcomes whilst supporting students' creative intentions. Key delivery methods include troubleshooting issues through tutorials, providing constructive feedback and utilising demonstrations, technical instruction and consultation, to teach key making principles.
As part of a collaborative technical team, you’ll contribute to developing the learning environment of the 3D Lab, by producing learning resources and facilitating daily use of the resource. There should be a focus on sharing knowledge with students and staff with a goal to make the workshop as accessible, welcoming and inclusive as possible. Safety is key in this creative learning and making environment, and you’ll be required to engage in health and safety protocols, regular maintenance, and share best practice with students.
Your profile
Working as part of an interdisciplinary workshop team at Wimbledon, you’ll bring a broad range of material and process knowledges, with an expansive understanding of kinetics and actuation to support students in developing a proficiency in fabricating props, puppetry, costume and scenic elements with automated components.
We’re looking for candidates with a sensitivity to humble materials, a habit of prototyping and a proficiency in electronics and coding, alongside general fabrication such as expertise in wood, metal, plastics and 3D digital making. You’ll actively help breakdown complex knowledge of analogue and digitized movement and automation into accessible means to onboard students across different courses using elements of animatronics in their work appropriate to learning outcomes.
Key to the role is clear communication skills, excellent planning and organisation and an enthusiasm for the community within the team and working as part of both the community at Wimbledon and wider technical workshop team across CCW. With an adaptive and facilitative communication style, you’ll be able to demonstrate experience in guiding a range of learning styles and needs to support a variety of learning outcomes in an inclusive workshop environment.
You’ll be able to take initiative; organize and manage busy workloads effectively, managing multiple priorities, whilst maintaining excellent student experience, best practice and health and safety requirements.
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Closing date: 21 April 2026 @ 23:55
Scheduled interview date: Tuesday 5 May 2026
Should you have any questions about the role, please contact Zuza Mengham, Interim 3D Workshops Manager, s.mengham@arts.ac.uk
Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact CCW.staffrecruit@arts.ac.uk
We are UAL
University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.
Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.
As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.
We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.
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