Technician/Senior Technician | 10405 | permanent contract | 37 hours per week | £29,064 to £36,363 per annum | Grade F/H depending on experience | Hethel, Norwich 

Are you customer‑focused, great at working in a busy team, and known for your attention to detail? 

We’re continuing to grow our centre of excellence in calibration and expanding our support to businesses across the UK. To help us on this journey, we’re looking for someone who shares our ambition and values. If this sounds like you, the team at Norfolk Calibration Services in Hethel, near Wymondham, would love to hear from you.

We’re proud to support a loyal customer base across both the private and public sectors throughout the UK, and even into the EU, thanks to our:

• High‑quality, accurate, and reliable mass (weight) calibration services
• Excellent standards of customer care
• Wide range of complementary calibration services for diverse industries
• Innovative and continuously improving approach
• Strong reputation for technical excellence and outstanding service

We have exciting opportunities ahead as we continue to grow, and we’re looking for an additional team member, at Technician or Senior Technician level, to support the expansion and delivery of our services.

As a Technician or Senior Technician, you’ll take on a role that is varied, challenging and genuinely fulfilling. You’ll work with a wide range of businesses and industries, giving you exposure to something new every day. Throughout it all, you’ll be supported by a talented, experienced, and friendly team who are committed to helping you and our customers succeed.

You’ll need to be comfortable working under pressure and meeting tight deadlines, while maintaining excellent customer service and clear communication. Accuracy, flexibility and the ability to prioritise your workload are essential. 

Experience working within a quality system or to standards such as Good Laboratory Practice or Good Manufacturing Practice, is desirable, but not essential as full training will be provided. 

Good IT skills, such as MS Office, and good manual handling skills are essential and an experience of, or interest in electronic engineering would be advantageous but is not essential. 

Based at Hethel Engineering Centre, with its proximity to the A11, A47 and A140, we have free car parking, a coffee forum and a growing tenant’s social network.

DBS & NPPV2 checks will be required for the successful candidate.

As a Senior Technician, you will also bring a higher level of technical knowledge and experience in related fields, along with a strong understanding of quality assurance practices. This may include familiarity with UKAS laboratory accreditation requirements, UKCA conformity assessments, or similar regulatory and quality frameworks.

If you believe you have the skills, knowledge, or experience that could make a difference to our team, we’d be delighted to hear from you and discuss how you could contribute to our continued growth.

We’re looking to appoint either a Technician (Scale F) or an experienced Senior Technician (Scale H) and require a CV and Supporting Statement from you. We advise reading the full Job Description and Person Specification for each first before applying to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria we are looking for. Please find links to the job descriptions below:  

Technician: Job Description and Person Specification 

Senior Technician: Job Description and Person Specification 

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement 
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need. 
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.   
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.

  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.  

Redeployment closing date: 11 May 2026

All other applicants closing date: 17 May 2026

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We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.

We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.

We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.
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