Operations support Technician
Calling All Hands-On Heroes! Become Our Next Rotokauri Technician
Love working with animals, getting hands-on with equipment, and making things happen behind the scenes? We’ve got the role for you!
We’re on the lookout for a practical, organised and enthusiastic Rotokauri Technician to help keep our Animal Technology, Horticulture and Arboriculture spaces running smoothly. From preparing exciting practical learning experiences to caring for our resident animals and keeping specialist equipment in tip-top shape, no two days will be quite the same!
You’ll be an important part of the team, helping staff and students get the most out of their learning spaces while making sure everything is safe, well-maintained and ready to go.
🛠️ What will you be getting up to?
Getting hands-on with teaching and learning
- Prepare and set up equipment, resources and materials for practical classes across Animal Technology, Horticulture and Arboriculture.
- Work alongside tutorial staff to support engaging laboratory activities and practical learning experiences.
- Make sure equipment is calibrated, adjusted, checked and ready for timetabled classes.
- Help keep daily laboratory operations running smoothly, including staff and student orientations.
- Assist with workshops, campus tours and open days, showing off our fantastic learning spaces.
Keeping things running like clockwork
- Troubleshoot equipment issues, initiate work orders and organise repairs when needed.
- Manage specialist equipment, laboratory supplies and consumables, keeping accurate records and inventories.
- Coordinate stocktaking, ordering and annual purchasing requirements, including food for our resident animals.
- Carry out scheduled maintenance, inspections and reporting to keep our facilities in great shape.
- Organise biohazard management and collection, ensuring everything is handled appropriately.
Caring for our resident animals 🐰
- Help maintain the welfare of our resident animals by ensuring they are fed and their enclosures and cages are clean and comfortable.
- Keep the animal house clean, tidy and welcoming.
- Recognise and report any animal health concerns promptly to the Surgery Coordinator or Senior Veterinary Nurse.
Keeping our campus safe
- Identify, document and regularly review significant hazards in your areas of responsibility.
- Help eliminate hazards where possible and ensure appropriate isolation or risk-minimisation measures are in place.
- Work collaboratively with staff to maintain a safe environment for everyone.
Pitching in wherever needed
- While your home base will be Rotokauri, you’ll also support activities across campus when required.
- Get involved in term-break maintenance projects, open days and other campus activities.
- Lend a hand to teammates when things get busy — because we know great things happen when we work together!
🌟 What will make you a great fit?
You’re someone who:
- Enjoys practical, hands-on work and has a knack for solving problems.
- Is organised, reliable and takes pride in keeping equipment, spaces and supplies in order.
- Has a keen eye for detail and understands the importance of safety and animal welfare.
- Enjoys working with people and supporting staff and students to succeed.
- Can adapt to changing priorities and is happy to roll up their sleeves to help the wider team.
- Takes initiative, works well independently and knows the value of being a great team player.
Experience working with laboratory equipment, animal care, horticulture or arboriculture would be a bonus.
📍 The details
- Location: Rotokauri, with campus-wide support when required
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week
- Role: Rotokauri Technician
🌱 Ready to make a difference?
If you love variety, enjoy working behind the scenes to make great learning experiences possible, and want a role where your practical skills really count, we’d love to hear from you!
Bring your can-do attitude, your practical know-how and your passion for making things work. Let’s grow something great together!
Applications for this role will take you to the advertisers site.
