Research Assistant / Officer - Advanced Digital Modelling of Steel Processing

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

Swansea University is a research-led university that has been making a difference since 1920. The University community thrives on exploration and discovery and offers the right balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life.

Our stunning waterfront campuses and multicultural community make us a desirable workplace for colleagues from around the world. Our reward and benefits, and ways of working enable those who join us to have enriching careers, matched by an excellent work-life balance.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for an enthusiastic researcher to join us as a Fixed Term Research Officer/Assistant in advanced digital modelling for the realisation of Industry 4.0 capabilities within the steel industry. The postholder will join the interdisciplinary research group in Industrial AI and Data Modelling at Swansea University in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, delivering responsible and inclusive digital innovations in the steel sector. The postholder will have a background in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, modelling computing systems, data modelling, knowledge engineering, ontologies and material informatics. Experience of digital modelling in the steel/materials industry would be an advantage. 

The postholder will be part of an established research centre, the EPSRC supported Made Smarter Innovation –Materials Made Smarter Research Centre (MMSC), delivered on behalf of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Industry Strategy Challenge Fund. The postholder will work alongside a wider and diverse team of researchers and academics across the centre’s five partner institutions (The Universities of Sheffield, UCL, Cambridge, Brunel, Nottingham and Swansea). They will engage with industrial stakeholders and link to the SUSTAIN’s UK Digital Steel Innovation, supporting both grand challenges in the SUSTAIN Hub of ‘Zero Waste, Carbon Neutral Iron- and Steelmaking’ and ‘Smart Steel Processing’. 

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.

As an inclusive and welcoming workplace, we value people for their skills regardless of their background. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English.

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