Salary range: £36,924 - £45,163

FTE: 1.0

Term: Open-ended

Closing Date: 15 December 2024

Location: Renfrew 

The University of Strathclyde is a leading international technological institution and has a long history of working with industry to deliver strong business growth from access to research and innovation expertise. The latest major initiative continuing to deliver on this track record is through the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS).

As a magnet for innovation in advanced manufacturing, the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) group of specialist R&D centres, supports manufacturing, engineering and associated tech businesses of all sizes, to thrive domestically and internationally through accelerating productivity, embracing new digital technologies and achieving net-zero targets.

We turn smart ideas into reality and deliver ground-breaking research.

Coming from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, our passionate team works alongside industry, academia, and the public sector to solve problems, train the workforce of the future and generate the creative ideas that will transform manufacturing.

Ultimately, we are growing the economy, developing a vibrant and skilled talent pool and helping create prosperous, sustainable communities.

The Opportunity:

We are looking to appoint innovative individuals to be part of NMIS who are interested in developing a sustainable manufacturing future, working with a range of innovative industrial partners and academic experts, new and emerging technologies and challenging manufacturing in Scotland to achieve net-zero.

You will be working within the Net-Zero team focused on informing industry on approaches that reduce the environmental burden of current materials and manufacturing and developing tools that identify relevant developing technologies that ensure future sustainable materials and manufacturing.

We would love to hear from you, if you have an established track record in providing engineering solutions in an industrial context, a good first degree and substantial experience or PhD qualification, and experience and expertise in supply chain mapping.

You’ll be rewarded with:

• The opportunity to work with a variety of innovative industry partners and leading academics.
• The opportunity to work with cutting edge and bold technologies.
• Excellent employee benefits and opportunities for career development.

For informal enquiries, please contact Paul Cantwell, Head of Net Zero Programmes - paul.cantwell@strath.ac.uk