Senior Technical Officer - Mechanical Testing Platform
Job No.: 692195
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 3 year fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $106,789 - $117,128 pa HEW Level 07 (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join our inclusive, collaborative community
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is seeking a Senior Technical Officer to deliver and oversee technical services supporting the Mechanical Testing Platform. This role includes user training, equipment design, procurement, alignment and maintenance, vendor liaison, and the development of operating procedures, alongside data analysis and operational and budget planning.
The platform supports advanced testing of metals, polymers, and ceramics, including tensile, fatigue, creep, corrosion, and cyclic testing under extreme conditions such as high/low temperatures, hydrogen environments, and pressurised systems.
As a subject matter expert, you will provide strategic and operational advice, ensuring the delivery of safe, compliant, and high-quality technical services, with a strong focus on operational excellence.
About Monash University
At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.
We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.
In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world’s top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.
Today, we have the momentum to create the future we need for generations to come. Accelerate your change here.
Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
To apply, please submit a resume along with a cover letter.
Your application must respond to your experience in the 5 key areas outlined under the Key Selection Criteria in the position description.
- 2. Demonstrated experience in overseeing a successful technical service, program or facility, with a focus on operational excellence
- 3. Highly-developed planning and organisational skills, with experience establishing priorities, implementing improvements and meeting deadlines
- 7. Demonstrated relationship management skills, including the ability to interact with, negotiate with and gain co-operation from internal and external stakeholders
- 8. Designing complex equipment (e.g. corrosion under pressure) to carry out specialist tests
- 9. Expert in performing mechanical testing with advanced equipment (e.g. high temperature low cycle fatigue tests monitored via Digital Image Correlation)
For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'.
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
Enquiries: Dr Jennifer Dyson, Department Manager, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering +61 3 9905 5308
Position Description: Senior Technical Officer
Applications Close: Sunday 10 May 2026, 11:55pm AEDT
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