Stores Technician
| Posting date: | 27 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,707 to £31,236 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 June 2026 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Heriot-Watt University |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4830 |
Summary
Role: Stores Technician
Grade and Salary: Grade 5 (£26,707,£31,236 per annum).
FTE and working pattern: 1FTE (35 hours per week) open-ended. A requirement of this role is that the successful candidate is expected to be flexible with working hours. Normal working hours are 8:30am–4:30pm, Monday to Friday. However, occasional weekend work may be required for Open Days, student events and other events.
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 Stores Technician supports the day-to-day operation of the William Perkin Stores within the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences. The role involves purchasing, receiving, storing, dispensing, and disposing of materials and equipment used for teaching and research across multiple scientific and engineering disciplines. Responsibilities include stock control, supplier coordination, invoicing, customs administration, and waste management, including chemicals, solvents, gases, and laboratory equipment. The role requires manual handling, physical work indoors and outdoors, and compliance with health and safety regulations.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
• Support the Stores Supervisor in monitoring finances, KPIs, stock levels, and monthly reporting.
• Process purchasing, receipting, and reconciliation of goods and services using University procurement systems and purchasing cards.
• Maintain stock control systems, inventory records, and electronic tracking systems.
• Receive, check, store, and distribute deliveries, resolving supplier queries and coordinating returns.
• Manage customs clearance, import/export procedures, duties, and taxes.
• Dispense and manage chemicals, solvents, gas cylinders, liquid nitrogen, laboratory equipment, and other stock items.
• Coordinate disposal of chemicals, solvents, clinical waste, and other regulated materials.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation, including COSHH and risk assessments.
• Arrange transport and shipping of goods, including dangerous goods, and maintain required records.
• Identify process improvements to increase efficiency, reduce waste, and improve customer service.
• Work independently, manage workloads effectively, communicate professionally, and support wider School activities as required.
• Ensure compliance with University procurement, financial, and safety policies.
Essential & Desirable Criteria:
Essential:
• HNC or equivalent in Chemistry/biology/life sciences, Mechanical/Chemical Engineering or extensive experience in a similar role.
• Experience of electronic purchase order systems including payments of duties and taxes for import/export.
• Experience of working within a similar environment as outlined above.
• Competent in the use of relevant IT packages (Word, Excel, Outlook etc)
• Experience of staff training
• Experience of health & safety legislation in a technical environment including risk assessment and COSHH.
Desirable:
• Experience of working in Higher Education
• A procurement or similar qualification
• Experience of shipping (dangerous) goods and Import/export regulations
How to Apply:
Applications can be submitted up to 11:55pm (UK time) on Tuesday 23rd June 2026.
Please submit your CV & covering letter via the Heriot-Watt on-line recruitment.
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/ .
About the Team:
The School of Engineering & Physical Sciences requires a Stores Technician to help maintain the day-to-day running of a busy, multi discipline Store facility providing for all School purchasing needs, and the day-to-day management of School waste disposal streams. The School Store supports the teaching disciplines of Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical, Chemical and Electronic Engineering, and Brewing & Distilling and 5 associated Research Institutes.
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.
Grade and Salary: Grade 5 (£26,707,£31,236 per annum).
FTE and working pattern: 1FTE (35 hours per week) open-ended. A requirement of this role is that the successful candidate is expected to be flexible with working hours. Normal working hours are 8:30am–4:30pm, Monday to Friday. However, occasional weekend work may be required for Open Days, student events and other events.
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 Stores Technician supports the day-to-day operation of the William Perkin Stores within the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences. The role involves purchasing, receiving, storing, dispensing, and disposing of materials and equipment used for teaching and research across multiple scientific and engineering disciplines. Responsibilities include stock control, supplier coordination, invoicing, customs administration, and waste management, including chemicals, solvents, gases, and laboratory equipment. The role requires manual handling, physical work indoors and outdoors, and compliance with health and safety regulations.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
• Support the Stores Supervisor in monitoring finances, KPIs, stock levels, and monthly reporting.
• Process purchasing, receipting, and reconciliation of goods and services using University procurement systems and purchasing cards.
• Maintain stock control systems, inventory records, and electronic tracking systems.
• Receive, check, store, and distribute deliveries, resolving supplier queries and coordinating returns.
• Manage customs clearance, import/export procedures, duties, and taxes.
• Dispense and manage chemicals, solvents, gas cylinders, liquid nitrogen, laboratory equipment, and other stock items.
• Coordinate disposal of chemicals, solvents, clinical waste, and other regulated materials.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation, including COSHH and risk assessments.
• Arrange transport and shipping of goods, including dangerous goods, and maintain required records.
• Identify process improvements to increase efficiency, reduce waste, and improve customer service.
• Work independently, manage workloads effectively, communicate professionally, and support wider School activities as required.
• Ensure compliance with University procurement, financial, and safety policies.
Essential & Desirable Criteria:
Essential:
• HNC or equivalent in Chemistry/biology/life sciences, Mechanical/Chemical Engineering or extensive experience in a similar role.
• Experience of electronic purchase order systems including payments of duties and taxes for import/export.
• Experience of working within a similar environment as outlined above.
• Competent in the use of relevant IT packages (Word, Excel, Outlook etc)
• Experience of staff training
• Experience of health & safety legislation in a technical environment including risk assessment and COSHH.
Desirable:
• Experience of working in Higher Education
• A procurement or similar qualification
• Experience of shipping (dangerous) goods and Import/export regulations
How to Apply:
Applications can be submitted up to 11:55pm (UK time) on Tuesday 23rd June 2026.
Please submit your CV & covering letter via the Heriot-Watt on-line recruitment.
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/ .
About the Team:
The School of Engineering & Physical Sciences requires a Stores Technician to help maintain the day-to-day running of a busy, multi discipline Store facility providing for all School purchasing needs, and the day-to-day management of School waste disposal streams. The School Store supports the teaching disciplines of Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical, Chemical and Electronic Engineering, and Brewing & Distilling and 5 associated Research Institutes.
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.
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