Oorspronkelijke vacature omschrijving:

Due to team expansion, we are seeking a creative and independent engineer who, with their technical expertise, can act as a sparring partner for our scientists and play a role in the design and coordination of scientific research.

Job description

Within the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, we are looking for a Technical Support Engineer within the department Instrumentation Engineering (IE). IE focuses on supporting high-quality research by developing, designing, and implementing innovative technical solutions that are not commercially available. In this role, you will work for the Faculty but also be involved in projects carried out in broader collaborations within the Netherlands.

Together with your colleagues, you will be responsible for the following activities:

• In collaboration with internal and external parties you will be responsible for designing, implementing and guiding project based research facilities;
• Implementation of new facilities: selection, procurement, installation, testing, and maintenance of equipment and ICT (hardware and software);
• Technical support and advising end-users.
• Administrative tasks such as setting up and updating documentation and inventory management.
• Performing corrective and preventive maintenance on research equipment and systems.

Requirements

You are interested to work in a challenging, dynamic and rapidly changing research environment at FPN. You like to be part of a team. On top of that, you are creative and resourceful to find technical solutions for research projects within the faculty. Additionally, you have:

• A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, ICT, Computer Science, Biometrics, Mechatronics, or other related field.
• Experience with Agile methodology is a plus.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• The ability to focus on multiple tasks simultaneously.
• The following soft skills: entrepreneurial mindset, teamwork, independence, creativity, and result orientation.

Conditions of employment

As a Technical Support Engineer at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, you will be employed by the most international university of the Netherlands, located in the beautiful city of Maastricht. In addition, we offer you:

• Good employment conditions. The position is in grated in scale 8-10, with corresponding salary ranging from € 2.818,- to € 4.670,- gross per month (based on a full-time employment of 38 hours per week). In addition to the monthly salary, an 8.0% holiday allowance and an 8.3% year-end bonus are applicable.
• An employment contract for a period of 12 months with a scope of 1.0 FTE. If proven suitable, the employment contract will be converted into an indefinite contract.
• As a holder of the 'Family-friendly University' quality mark, we offer flexible working hours and the possibility to work partly from home if the nature of your position allows it. You will receive a monthly commuting and internet allowance for this. If you work full-time, you will be entitled to 29 vacation days and 4 additional public holidays per year, namely carnival Monday, carnival Tuesday, Good Friday, and Liberation Day. If you choose to accumulate compensation hours, an additional 12 days will be added. Furthermore, you can personalize your employment conditions through a collective labor agreement (CAO) choice model.
• As Maastricht University, we offer various other excellent secondary employment conditions. These include a good pension scheme with the ABP and the opportunity for UM employees to participate in company fitness and make use of the extensive sports facilities that we also offer to our students.
• Last but certainly not least, we provide the space and facilities for your personal and professional development. We facilitate this by offering a wide range of training programs and supporting various well-established initiatives such as 'acknowledge and appreciate'.

The terms of employment at Maastricht University are largely set out in the Collective Bargaining Agreement of Dutch Universities. In addition, local provisions specific to UM apply. For more information, website http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl > Over de UM > Werken bij de UM.

Employer

Maastricht University

Why work at Maastricht University?

At Maastricht University (UM), everything revolves around the future. The future of our students, as we work to equip them with a solid, broad-based foundation for the rest of their lives. And the future of society, as we seek solutions through our research to issues from all around the world. Our six faculties combined provide a comprehensive package of study programmes and research.

In our teaching, we use the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) method. Students work in small groups, looking for solutions to problems themselves. By discussing issues and working together to draw conclusions, formulate answers and present them to their peers, students develop essential skills for their future careers.

With over 22,300 students and more than 5,000 employees from all over the world, UM is home to a vibrant and inspiring international community.

Are you drawn to an international setting focused on education, science and scholarship? Are you keen to contribute however your skills and qualities allow? Our door is open to you! As a young European university, we value your talent and look forward to creating the future together.

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Department

Faculteit Psychology & Neuroscience

The Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN) is an international faculty with students and staff from diverse cultural backgrounds, who are linked by their shared curiosity about human behaviour and the brain. This curiosity drives us to explore the broad field of psychology, from diverse angles (such as a biological and cognitive perspective). By using small-scale and student-oriented approaches, such as the Problem-Based Learning and Project-Based learning, we encourage a similar curiosity in our students by handing them the tools to discover the world of the human brain

http://fpn-ie.maastrichtuniversity.nl/

Additional information

Curious?

Are you interested in this exciting position but still have questions? Feel free to contact

Johan Gielissen: j.gielissen@maastrichtuniversity.nl, +31 43 388 4007

Huub Hamers: h.hamers@maastrichtuniversity.nl, +31 43 388 1919

Applying?

Or are you already convinced and ready to become our new Technical Support Engineer? Apply now, no later than 9 July, for this position.