Role type: Full-time (0.8 FTE); Continuing
Faculty: Architecture, Building & Planning
Salary: UoM 5 - $86,943 - $99,864 p.a. (pro rata) plus 17% super

• Lead daily operations in a state-of-the-art digital fabrication lab / mentor staff and student technicians / champion safer, smarter making across ABP’s innovative Maker Spaces
• Champion digital fabrication service excellence across 3D Printing, Laser Cutting and CNC Routing technologies.
• Investing in you – 17% superannuation, benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.

The University of Melbourne
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Your next career opportunity
In this role, you will lead daily operations in the Faculty’s Digital Fabrication Lab, ensuring high-quality, safe and efficient delivery of fabrication services. You will guide technicians and student interns, support students with technical challenges, and help shape training and processes that underpin ABP’s innovative Maker Spaces.

What you will deliver:

• Oversee daily Digital Fabrication Lab operations, including design-for-fabrication support, job scheduling, point-of-sale and workflow monitoring.
• Supervise technicians and student interns, ensuring adherence to lab procedures, rules, and high service standards.
• Uphold and improve OHS practices, contributing to safety procedures, incident management and student supervision.
• Monitor and support machine maintenance, troubleshooting faults, and coordinating maintenance plans with the Maker Spaces team.
• Deliver and refine training for staff and users and provide expert consultations on digital fabrication challenges.

You may be a great fit if you:

• Bring demonstrated experience with CNC routers, laser cutters, 3D printers, or other digital prototyping equipment.
• Use computer-aided design software confidently to prepare and interpret files for fabrication workflows.
• Hold a relevant qualification and experience in digital and analogue fabrication, or equivalent education and training.
• Provide effective supervision to junior staff or students, supporting consistent, high-quality service delivery.
• Demonstrate strong customer service and communication skills when supporting diverse student and staff cohorts.
• Apply sound understanding of workshop safety, OHS procedures, and incident management in practical environments.

For further information, please refer to the attached PD.

What we offer you!
We offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfilment, including:

• Build future financial security with 17% superannuation
• Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
• Career development opportunities, including access to a range of tailored programs, such as Academic Women in Leadership, and learning platforms including LinkedIn Learning

• Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance and well-being, including leading parental leave, gender affirmation leave and cultural leave

• Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance, and access to unique cultural and recreational benefits such as discounts for the Melbourne Theatre Company

• Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program

Your new team
You will join the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning’s Maker Spaces, home to state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary facilities that support hands-on learning, experimentation and innovation. Working within the Digital Fabrication Lab, you will collaborate with a dedicated team of technical and academic professionals who enable high-impact teaching, learning and research. Together, you will help students and staff realise ideas through making, while championing safety, quality and a welcoming, inclusive environment.

Be Yourself
The University of Melbourne is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a child-safe organisation. The diversity of our community enriches us all, and we are committed to creating an inclusive and fair workplace where everyone is valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. Discover more about Diversity and Inclusion at UniMelb.

We're committed to a barrier-free recruitment process and ongoing workplace support, providing adjustments throughout. We warmly encourage applications from people with disabilities. Learn more about how we support an accessible recruitment process.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians. Visit our Indigenous staff page to learn more about our investment and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff.
Indigenous applicants are encouraged to connect with our Indigenous Employment & Development team at korin-korin@unimelb.edu.au .

Application essentials:

• Visit "apply with us" to learn more about the process, including tips and FAQs.
• You must have current valid work rights for Australia. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
• A Working with Children Check is required for all positions. If successful, we will guide you through the process and reimburse you.
• Please upload your resume and a cover letter outlining your interest and experience as part of the application process.

Want to know more?

• For questions related to our recruitment process email Brett Verity at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au
• For recruitment adjustments contact Kim Groizard on +61 3 9035 3218 or at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au (subject: 'Recruitment Adjustments').

Apply today, and join a community that’s shaping the future.

Position Description
JR-013271 Fab Lab Lead Technician PD.docx

JR-013271 Fab Lab Lead Technician PD.pdf