Lead Engineer (108797-0524)

Duration: Fixed term until 28th February 2026

About the Role  

An excellent opportunity to work at the forefront of industrial sustainability and circular economy, working in one of the UK's premier research and technology organisations, Warwick Manufacturing Group (part of the University of Warwick). 

In this role you will work with businesses of all sizes, trade bodies, government departments and academics to ensure a sustainable future for UK manufacturing. You will help to develop strategies, processes and technologies that help UK manufacturing transition to a future of lower emission processes and supply chains, connecting industry actions to the prevention of climate change. In this role you will consider products and processes together to help businesses to understand how to reduce their emissions, reduce their waste and decrease pollution – while maintaining productivity and continuing to perform economically.

Manufacturing in the UK is responsible for 12% of the UK’s territorial emissions, and around 43% of the UK’s consumption emissions. Reducing these emissions is critical if the UK is going to meet the target of net-zero by 2050. In this role you will be able to make a real impact in helping UK manufacturing businesses understand how they can reduce their emissions and how they can grow their business to support societies need for a cleaner world.

In the role you will support Warwick Manufacturing Group’s lead for sustainable manufacturing and circular economy, you will have freedom to pursue sustainability projects in line with WMG’s industrial sustainability and circular economy strategy. You will be able to generate your own research income and projects to help a vital sector in the UK’s economy to have a sustainable, viable future.

For informal enquiries, please contact Russell Hall at r.hall.5@warwick.ac.uk.

About You  

To apply for this role you will have:

• Knowledge of the primary sources of emissions in manufacturing, coupled with fundamental knowledge on how to reduce those emissions.
• Good knowledge of GHG emission scopes, how they are affected by supply chains for energy and materials.
• The ability to interpret, digest and rationalise large amounts of data from different sources (e.g. policy papers, sector briefings, company reports, research papers) to give a systems approach to industrial sustainability opportunities and background.
• A degree in a scientific discipline related either to manufacturing or sustainability. Experience of the research community is desirable.
• Experience of the manufacturing sector in the UK, ideally having worked in industry to understand the pressures that manufacturing businesses face and why change can be very difficult.
• A passion for the manufacturing industry and understand the UK manufacturing landscape.
• Excellent, proven communication skills, the role will require you to talk with businesses, government departments, academics and other research centres. The ability to communicate ideas at all levels will be key.
• Drive to succeed and generate project work, you will have the opportunity to grow your own projects and win funding that supports WMG’s growth in the area of industrial sustainability.

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

CLOSING DATE: Friday 14th June 2024 at 11.45 pm

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button.

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