Technology Transfer Engineer (Digital Transformation)

Job title:

Technology Transfer Engineer (Digital Transformation)

Company:

University of Warwick

Job description

Do you have skills and expertise to help manufacturers with their digital transformation journey?Specifically, the role involves:

• Understanding client’s challenges and how WMG can support them.
• Identification of appropriate digital technologies and supporting the implementation.
• Running workshops to identify digital technology opportunities to support strategic growth and helping the client to develop compelling investment cases.
• Developing pilot programmes and offerings for digitalisation projects.
• Leading internal digital demonstrator and development projects, managing the activities of our junior team members.
• Developing roadmaps that describe how to enhance a client’s capability.
• Managing the successful delivery of client-facing and internal development activities, as part of a project, to achieve targets and high levels of client satisfaction.
• Using fresh thinking to identify new digital consulting opportunities and create new client and market offerings.

OPPORTUNITY:This role presents a unique range of career development opportunities: for people with business consultancy skills and experience to expand their technical knowledge and gain experience working with cutting-edge Industry 4.0 digital technologies. Similarly, people with a technical bias will have the opportunity to develop business consulting skills and gather valuable manufacturing business management exposure through supporting and mentoring business owners and company directors.Such business and technology exposure may appeal to people who have an entrepreneurial flair and are interested in broadening their horizons, working with a wider variety of SME manufacturers working across different sectors from food to engineering, and exploring opportunities with a view to starting their own business at some point in the future.For informal enquiries, please contact Onur Eren via email: [email protected].We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.About You 1You will be familiar with, and preferably experienced in, consultancy methods and approaches, learned through either working for a consulting organisation or via project implementation within industry. You will have a passion for development, coaching others and improving performance.The role provides SMEs with access to specialist Digital Transformation support plus, we would expect you to be familiar with, or open to learning about a wide range of digital technologies and opportunities for developing innovative products and processes for all types of manufacturer across the SME sector.The ideal candidate should have a good working knowledge of one or more the following:

• Automation Systems & Robotics.
• IT and OT system architectures.
• Different types of manufacturing systems (ideally ERP, MRP, SFDC, MES and PLM).
• Cloud and Data Analytics.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.About the Department 1WMG is the largest department at the University of Warwick with over 800 staff, world renowned for providing innovative solutions to industry through its research, development and education programmes. Our industry focussed education portfolio includes nearly 3,000 students studying management, technology and applied engineering subjects, at postgraduate and undergraduate level. We have high expectations for our teaching and our courses are regularly ranked top in the UK and amongst the leading courses in their field in the world.At WMG we are committed to supporting staff to achieve their potential. We currently hold the Athena SWAN Silver Award and the University of Warwick holds an Institutional Silver Award: a national initiative that recognizes the advancement of gender equality, representation, progression and success for all in academia.For further information about WMG, please visit our .For further information on the WMG centre High Value Manufacturing Catapult, please see ourFurther information about the Energy Innovation Centre can be foundWe believe there should be no barriers to continuing education, and we strive to ensure that the future workforce has the skills they need to become the UK’s upcoming engineers and inventors.Our unique approach to undergraduate education enables full-time students, Higher Apprentices, and full-time employees to gain an engineering degree.Our teaching staff deliver educational programmes not just at Warwick, but internationally, and the knowledge we can leverage from our research excellence enables our students to reach their highest possible standards.Full details of our range of undergraduate and Degree Apprenticeships can be found .About the University 1Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.You’ll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.*QS World University Rankings 2024** Research Excellence Framework 2021To find out more about us visit ourHow to Apply 1To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter by 11.55pm on the closing date of 8th May 2024. Please ensure your CV includes your most recent employment experience along with any additional relevant experience and education history. Your cover letter should detail how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for this post.To streamline our hiring process, we kindly request that all candidates submit their applications through our official website. This ensures that all applications are received in a uniform format and can be processed efficiently by our HR team.The interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.What we Offer 1We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click .We are proud to say that we are a .If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.Our Commitment to Inclusion 1Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages .The University currently holds a , and a . The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the .Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)The University of Warwick complies with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against anyone who makes a Disclosure relating to a conviction or other information revealed. More information is available on the University’s Vacancy pages and applicants may request a copy of the DBS Code of Practice.Job Description 1

Expected salary

£33966 – 44263 per year

Location

Coventry

Job date

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 02:21:56 GMT

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