Career Opportunities at Queen's

We are seeking engineers who want to innovate and apply their knowledge to the challenges of industry and society to support the delivery of industrially focused composite projects within AMIC’s advanced manufacturing activities. You will apply your specialist knowledge and experience of methods, processes and process validation to generate innovative research outputs which have a direct economic and technical benefit to companies and sectors. You will work collaboratively with the sustainable polymer and composite team, wider AMIC team, industry partners, technology providers, national technology centres and academia to deliver key projects focused on advanced composite processing.

About the person:

To be successful at shortlisting, candidates must demonstrate they meet the essential criteria, which includes:

• Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline, science, or a related discipline with significant relevant industrial experience OR minimum HND in a related engineering discipline with extensive recent and relevant industrial experience.
• Demonstrable experience and in-depth understanding of engineering requirements and the appropriate selection and composite manufacturing processes ensuring the selected process techniques meet our customer’s requirements for safety, quality, cost, delivery and lead time.
• Evidence of applying process knowledge to develop or improve components, manufacturing methods or technologies, with measurable impact.
• Experience of using software packages to assist with the design, processing and testing of parts or fixturing in support of project delivery goals.
• Demonstrable evidence of working on a range of composite manufacturing projects including new process development and existing process improvement and the integration of composite materials into new and existing products.
• Knowledge and practical application of safety systems, risk management, and COSHH requirements relevant to composite processing workshop environments.
• Demonstrable evidence of design for manufacture, including concept development for parts, moulds, jigs/fixtures, and introduction of suitable processing technologies to optimise time, accuracy, and performance. 8. Proven ability to work with tooling vendors and cross-functional teams to ensure manufacturing tooling and processes meet quality, performance, and delivery standards.
• Evidence of identifying and implementing process improvements, cost reductions, and efficiency gains within composites manufacturing.
• Demonstrable evidence of delivering projects to agreed deadlines within budget, and to required quality standards, including leading project teams to manage risks and achieve objectives.
• Evidence of complex problem-solving skills in an engineering environment, with the ability to develop effective solutions under challenging conditions.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.

Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits/.

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit www.qub.ac.uk/diversity.

If you are an international applicant and don't already hold a visa that permits you to take up the role you are applying for, please use the information provided on our website to self-assess whether the University is likely to be able to support a visa application - http://go.qub.ac.uk/internationalstaffsupport.

Candidate Information