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Head of Engineering

Employer
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Salary
£51,630 to £61,618 per annum according to experience
Closing date
18 Feb 2019

Job Details

Location : Jodrell Bank, Cheshire
Closing Date : 18/02/2019
Salary : £51,630 to £61,618 per annum according to experience
Employment Type : Permanent
Faculty / Organisational Unit : Science & Engineering
Division : Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
Hours Per week : Full time
Contract Duration : Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Engineering at the University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (JBCA), a world leader in radio astronomy research and technological development. JBCA operates the Lovell Telescope and the e-MERLIN/Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) national facility.

Based at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, you will lead a culture of continuous improvement and motivate technical teams designing and developing state of the art systems for national and international astronomical research projects. As a talented engineer with a background in successfully delivering large-scale technology programmes, you will define and acquire new instrumentation projects and apply for sources of external funding in order to realise JBCA’s vision.

You will represent JBCA internationally, promoting its facilities and technological developments, whilst developing collaborations with research institutions and stakeholders including the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) organisation also located at Jodrell Bank.

This will be a challenging yet rewarding role that will play a key part in taking JBCA forward as a world-leading science and engineering facility.

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Simon Garrington

Email: simon.garrington@manchester.ac.uk

Tel: 0161 306 9401/0161 275 4054

Or:

Name: Jane Cox

Email: jane.cox@manchester.ac.uk

Tel: 0161 306 9416/ 07774 331 592

General enquiries:

Email: hrservices@manchester.ac.uk

Tel: 0161 275 4499

Technical support:

Email: universityofmanchester@helpmeapply.co.uk

Tel: 0161 850 2004

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Further Particulars

Company

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Following a 2.5million donation by Greensill, a leading British FinTech company founded by Lex Greensill, Alliance Manchester Business School at The University of Manchester is looking to recruit to three brand new posts! These appointments will have an emphasis on Financial Technology and be part of the School’s strategy to strengthen research and teaching on the topic and boost the region’s capacity and capability in Financial Technology (FinTech).

It is an exciting time to be based in Greater Manchester, one of Europe’s leading digital and technology clusters. The region is home more fintech start-ups and scale-ups than any other UK region outside London, and Manchester was the fastest growing tech city in Europe in 2019.

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Location
OXFORD ROAD
MANCHESTER
M13 9PL
GB

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