Job Category: Administration and Operations
Fixed term: 25 months
Location: Reliant Windows Limited, 125 West Bromwich Street, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 3AY
Birmingham City University are looking to appoint a high calibre graduate (graduated within the last five years) as Software Engineer (KTP Associate).
This role presents an exciting opportunity to work in collaboration with leading academics at Birmingham City University, to apply knowledge and technical innovation, delivered on site at the company.
The Software Engineer (KTP Associate) should have a minimum 2.1 University qualification in a relevant subject area and graduated within the last five years.
This Knowledge Transfer Project (KTP) is co-funded by a grant from Innovate UK and Reliant Windows Limited. It is therefore essential you understand the fundamentals of the KTP collaboration between a UK business and a University works to deliver benefits for each (the company, the university, and the graduate) For more information please go to www.ktp.org.uk
Personal Training & Development Budget:
The Software Engineer (KTP Associate) will have access to a wider range of benefits including a personal development budget of £4,167 to upskill during the project.
The successful candidate will be employed by Birmingham City University and seconded to work full-time onsite at Reliant Windows Limited to deliver the 25-month KTP project in partnership Birmingham City University and Reliant Windows Limited.
Reliant Windows Limited:
Reliant Windows are based in the West Midlands and were formed in 1982. The company provides windows, conservatories, orangeries, doors, porches and double glazing in Birmingham and UK wide. For more information please visit: www.reliant-windows.co.uk
The successful candidate will have full access to Birmingham City University’s resources such as offices, labs, and library to complete the KTP project (a project workplan written with KPIs and outcome deliverables has been written).
The Software Engineer (KTP Associate) will be supervised and mentored by both a lead academic and academic supervisor academics from Birmingham City University’s College of Engineering within the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment (CEBE) as well as a company supervisor located at Reliant Windows Limited whose aim is to assist the Software Engineer (KTP Associate) to deliver the knowledge into Reliant Windows Limited and successfully deliver the 25-month KTP project on behalf of Reliant Windows Limited and Birmingham City University.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
The Software Engineer (KTP Associate) duties will work on:
The role requires the successful candidate to:
The Software Engineer (KTP Associate) will be expected to interact with senior management, suppliers, and company clients, as well as BCU academics.
The Software Engineer (KTP Associate) must also be adept at applying their knowledge to commercial projects, driving value, making an impact where possible, and having the ability to solve problems and create innovative solutions.
The Software Engineer (KTP Associate) must have the following key attributes to ensure the project’s successful completion.
Skills and Experience:
The Software Engineer (KTP Associate) will hold a relevant degree. This might be a first degree (equivalent to a first class or 2:1 honours) in Computer Science or Data Science, or a related discipline, or a postgraduate degree in a similar discipline is acceptable.
Essential:
Desirable:
On a personal note, the Associate should be enthusiastic, motivated, punctual, conscientious, trustworthy, and work well within a team.
For further information please contact Dr Essa Shahra at essa.shahra@bcu.ac.uk, Dr Samer Bamansoor at samer.bamansoor@bcu.ac.uk, Dr Nouh Elmitwally at nouh.elmitwally@bcu.ac.uk
Please review the full Job Description via the link below:
About Us
At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.
Located in the centre of the UK’s second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.
Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.
Apply Before: 10/08/2025, 23:59
Location: | Oldbury |
---|---|
Salary: | £38,000 to £40,000 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 4th July 2025 |
Closes: | 10th August 2025 |
Job Ref: | 796 |