Principal Engineer (108779-0224)

Do you want to make a real difference for UK manufacturing, drive productivity growth, supply chain resilience and transform industry?  Can you provide leadership to improve the UK’s manufacturing competitiveness?  

WMG has an opportunity for a Principal Engineer, to lead a dynamic team of experts in the field of, Business Transformation and Supply Chains working with the UK manufacturing SME sector.   

You will provide leadership, for the successful and timely delivery of projects including planning, monitoring, use of resources, and meeting of project targets.  The ideal candidate will think strategically but will also have the skills to actively broaden networks, identifying and exploiting relevant opportunities.  

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.  

For informal enquiries, please contact: Mark Swift -mark.swift@warwick.ac.uk

or

Paul Milne: p.milne@warwick.ac.uk

You will have significant Manufacturing and Industrial experience in your own area of specialism and be a confident communicator. Additionally, you will have the ability to analyse and solve complex problems whilst managing multiple internal and external stakeholders. You will possess a good honours degree (2.1 or above) or equivalent in an engineering or scientific discipline, and ideally hold a postgraduate qualification. 

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

WMG operates a range of programmes such as collaborate research, postgraduate education, internships and innovation services.  The WMG centre High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult Programme is tasked with working with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to help them to adopt new innovations leading to a technology led competitive advantage.  The programme will provide SMEs with access to a range of technology workstreams and subsequent new opportunities for innovative products. 

SME support services will be offered by the team to ensure on-going success through delivering advisory activities to ensure WMG Centre High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult programme Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and deliverable targets are met. 

WMG 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 website. 

For further information on the WMG centre High Value Manufacturing Catapult, please see our website.

Further information about the Energy Innovation Centre can be found here.

We 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 here.

Born 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 2021

To find out more about us visit our website.

To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV  and cover letter by 11.55pm on the closing date of 24th March 2024 - before 23:55. 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 5th April 2024.

We 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 here. 

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.

Warwick 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 here. 

The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance. 

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