Please note, this opportunity is only available to Manchester Met 2024 graduates who will be based in the UK for the duration of this role. You must have graduated from an undergraduate course from Manchester Met in June 2024 to apply. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applications from current or previous postgraduate students.
Background
The main purpose of this role is to join the Electrochemistry and Polymer Science technical research team, helping to accelerate world-leading research into 3D-printing, novel material and sensor development, and sustainability. This team works with key MMU academics (Prof. Craig Banks, Dr. Oliver Duncan, Dr. Robyn Grant, Dr. Samuel Rowley-Neale, Dr. Edward Randviir among others) to participate in and deliver world-leading, impactful research. Within this role graduate interns will get unique, invaluable experience being a key member of a research team at the forefront of its field globally, develop an understanding of how research groups run to maximise outputs, and have key involvements in research projects that will be published. The main projects that the graduate will be involved in will be related to 3D printing and electrochemistry (no experience of either is required), where the intern will be taught how to produce 3D printing filament, how to design and print files and how to test the performance of these bespoke filaments for real applications.
Key Responsibilities
The graduate will be expected to be hands on involved with projects performed by researchers within the spaces. Helping with suitable characterisation, admin, and maintenance tasks to ensure the maximum productivity within the research team.
Key Tasks
We would like to emphasise that no experience in these tasks is required for the role as all techniques will be thoroughly taught by the hiring manager and research team.
- Production of 3D printing filament for research lab, including new bespoke filament for current projects.
- Material characterisation and admin related to this for new research materials.
- 3D printing of test pieces and maintenance of 3D printers within the lab.
- Production of data reports for new materials produced.
- Production of Risk Assessments and COSHH forms for process.
- General laboratory maintenance and administration.
Details
Dates: Monday 11 August - Friday 31 October 2025
Hours: 35 hours per week full time, except for Bank Holiday Monday (25 August 2025)
Working pattern: Monday to Friday. Working hours are 8:45am-4:30pm or 9:00am-4:45pm with an unpaid 45-minute lunch break
Location: Dalton Building 5.39 and Heavy Engineering 1.03
Benefits to the Graduate
In this role, the graduate would be expected to improve/develop the following skills:
- The graduate will learn how to 3D print and how this technique is used within world leading research.
- The graduate will learn how to produce 3D printing filament, and how to tailor the production to make filament with unique characteristics.
- The graduate will learn about material characterisation techniques that are used for these new materials.
- The graduate will learn how a world-leading research laboratory functions and be embedded within the team.
- The graduate will learn how to perform full risk assessments and COSHH analysis.
- The graduate will learn how to analyse and report data for high impact outputs.