Workshop Master, Textile Printing

We are now seeking for a Workshop Master for the Textile Printing Workshop, at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. This is a permanent employment with a start date in August 2024. The position is part time, required working hours are 60% of a fulltime employment.

You would be working for the technical service for education and research at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, responsible for the specialized hands-on-learning environments of the school. The service is organized in thematic teams. As a member of the Soft Materials team, you are responsible for the Textile Printing Workshop as a hands-on-learning environment. The Textile Workshop consists of Dye Lab, Textile Printing, Finishing room and Dark room for screen preparation.

Your role as a Workshop Master includes the following main tasks and responsibilities when ensuring functioning of the workshop and safe working environment as a learning and research environment for the students and researchers.

Maintenance and development

• Ensuring functioning of the workshop as a learning and research environment.
• Organising, servicing and maintenance of machinery, tools and equipment.
• Recycling and waste management.
• Storage management (materials and student work).
• Purchasing of materials and tools.
• Annual planning and budgeting of the operations.
• Planning of new investments and carrying out procurement.
• Active foresight and understanding the ongoing changes and developments in the field.

Guiding, instructing and supporting users

• Workshop Master acts as a specialist in textile printing techniques, materials and screen preparations supporting students, researchers and artists in their use of the Textile Printing Workshop facilities.
• Helping and guiding the students to organize, schedule and define technical details of their assignments and research settings with quality emphasized customer service mind-set.
• Teaching the introduction course in Textile Printing and independently develop this course content further.

Managing health and safety

• Ensuring chemical safety and healthy working conditions for students and other users of the workshop.
• Guiding users of the workshop into safe working practices.
• Active advisory on the use of protective gear.
• Preparing for accidents.

Success in this position requires a degree in arts, design or crafts from a university of applied science or from a higher education institution. Work experience in similar duties is a plus. In your work, you will need extensive knowledge and command of the methods, techniques, materials and equipment related to textile printing. Experience in these is prerequisite. Experience with digital textile printing is an asset.

We value applicants who possess good IT skills and experience from special software used in the field. Pedagogical skills are considered as an asset. You have interest towards the field of arts and to multidisciplinary collaboration.

A major duty of the Workshop Master is to advise, guide and instruct students and faculty in the use of the Workshop. Therefore, we value excellent people skills, initiative and problem-solving skills. Prior experience in instructing students is considered a plus. Planning and developing of introduction course content as well as supporting teachers in their courses requires basic understanding of principles of pedagogy and experience of interdisciplinary collaboration. You will need fluency in spoken English. Written language skills are required either in Finnish or English.

Individual workshop users come from a wide variety of backgrounds with varied needs and therefore none of the questions or processes are too big or small for you to handle in a safe and equal way. You are able to work fluently with almost any kind of workshop work. Because of the unique environment, this position requires flexibility and ability to quickly adapt to changing situations and excellent organisation skills. You are able to work independently, while at the same time enjoy team work. Following Aalto’s values and the ethical principles of fair play and integrity are of paramount in all activities.

Ready to apply?

If you want to join our team, please submit your application through our e-recruitment system no later than Won 20th May 2024.

If you wish to hear more about the position, please don’t hesitate to contact the Team Leader of Soft Materials Team Sari Kivioja ([email protected] or tel. +358 50 4011337). In recruitment process related questions, you may contact HR Services Kati Kiminki ([email protected] or +358 50 475 5210).

To apply, please share the following application materials with us:

• Motivation letter
• Curriculum vitae

The salary is determined according to the salary system for Finnish universities.

Aalto University reserves the right to leave the position unfilled, extend the application period or include individuals who did not submit an application during the application period.

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