Senior Research Fellow

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to March 2024

Role Summary

Built on robust technical refrigeration knowledge, we are looking to recruit into the Centre for Sustainable Cooling a senior researcher (Grade 8) with robust technical refrigeration knowledge to lead the development of whole system of system step-change approaches to sustainable and resilient cold-chain for food and pharma products within the wider transition to renewables in both low- and middle-income countries, and high-income countries.  This necessarily goes beyond simple energy efficiency of existing technologies but needs also to consider, inter alia, energy system and energy storage; the opportunity offered by modal shifts (e.g., drones) or product reformulations; the underlying business models as well as behavioural changes, policies and industry operational interventions.

Main Duties

• Engage cross-discipline within UoB and with other universities, as well as with industry and governments, to define needs, opportunities, solutions and barriers.
• Develop and conduct academic and industrial research, including securing grants, in the area of sustainable and resilient refrigeration and cold-chain for food and pharma products.
• Conduct associated academic activities such as conferences, writing and managing publications in high quality scientific journals and in magazines accessed by industry.
• Feed into the development of new curricula including teaching and learning materials, based on the new knowledge created in the area of sustainable and resilient refrigeration and cold-chain for food and pharma products. 
• Manage and undertake out-reach knowledge transfer activities to cold-chain actors across the whole cold-chain spectrum. 

Person Specification

Essential:

• At least a degree in a relevant engineering discipline. 
• Have both extensive (5 years+) theoretical and practical knowledge of refrigeration systems, their design, commissioning, operation and maintenance.  Preference will be given to candidates who 
  • can demonstrate experience across a range of systems (i.e., industrial, commercial, transport and domestic).
  • have, in particular, experience with design, operation and maintenance of off-grid refrigeration systems.

Desirable:

• Experience in design, application, and integration of off-grid refrigeration systems.
• Experience of the pharmaceutical cold-chain.

Skills:

• Excellent networking, engagement with stakeholders and communication skills (oral, written and presentation).
• Excellent project and time management skills.
• A ‘can do’ attitude with ability to take on new tasks and drive them to a successful conclusion.
• Ability and desire to travel both within the UK and internationally.
• Proven commitment to deliver his/her duties accurately against deadlines.

Informal enquires to Professor Toby Peters Email: t.peters@bham.ac.uk or Sehar Amer– Programme and Communications Coordinator Email: s.amer@bham.ac.uk

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