About The Role For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Robert Harrison (Head of Automation Systems Group) at Robert.Harrison@warwick.ac.uk. We are working on innovative automation solutions advancing the state of the art in smart manufacturing, and this role will be critical to that success. The role is to provide technical leadership and strategic direction for the WMG Automation Systems Group (ASG) in its research and applications engineering activities, formulating new partnerships with industry and academia whilst maintaining and growing existing ones. This research includes a broad range of collaborative projects funded through UKRI and the HVM Catapult, as well as Direct Contract Research at WMG. The Chief Engineer will report to the head of ASG and will be responsible for the line management of principal and lead engineers in ASG, ensuring deliverables are met and technical issues resolved rapidly. The role requires outstanding applied technical capability combined with deep strategic awareness. The Chief Engineer will assist the Head of ASG, its other senior academics, and the WMG CTO, also interfacing when required with wider stakeholders, including the Manufacturing Theme Head, the Associate Dean (Research), and other research leaders in the automation and robotics domain, both at WMG and across the HVM Catapult. We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so. About You The Chief Engineer will possess outstanding strategic, commercial and technical capabilities, with understanding of the state of the art in manufacturing automation systems, and key application sectors. For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description. About The Department ASG is a research group in WMG working on critical collaborative manufacturing automation projects in a wide range of sectors, including automotive, aerospace, electrification, rail, and agri-tech. We work closely with partners across the automation supply chain (end-users, system integrators, and equipment and controls suppliers) to make new approaches to automation possible and commercially successful. WMG is the largest department at the University of Warwick with over 800 staff, world renowned for providing innovative solutions to industry through its research, development and education programmes. Our industry focussed education portfolio includes nearly 3,000 students studying management, technology and applied engineering subjects, at postgraduate and undergraduate level. We have high expectations for our teaching and our courses are regularly ranked top in the UK and amongst the leading courses in their field in the world. At WMG we are committed to supporting staff to achieve their potential. We currently hold the Athena SWAN Silver Award and the University of Warwick holds an Institutional Silver Award: a national initiative that recognizes the advancement of gender equality, representation, progression and success for all in academia. For further information about WMG, please visit our website. For further information on the WMG centre High Value Manufacturing Catapult, please see our website. Further information about the Energy Innovation Centre can be found here. We believe there should be no barriers to continuing education, and we strive to ensure that the future workforce has the skills they need to become the UK's upcoming engineers and inventors. Our unique approach to undergraduate education enables full-time students, Higher Apprentices, and full-time employees to gain an engineering degree. Our teaching staff deliver educational programmes not just at Warwick, but internationally, and the knowledge we can leverage from our research excellence enables our students to reach their highest possible standards. Full details of our range of undergraduate and Degree Apprenticeships can be found here. About The University Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’*. You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed. QS World University Rankings 2024 Research Excellence Framework 2021 To find out more about us visit our website. How to Apply CLOSING DATE: Sunday 01 September 2024 at 11.55pm To apply, please click ‘Apply’ below and submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm). Please attach a CV and cover letter. Your CV should include your most recent employment experience, any other relevant experience, and education history. Your cover letter must detail how you meet each of the essential criteria found in the Job Description document below (desirable criteria too, where possible). Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. 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