CEAMS Application Scientist

University of Manchester

  • Manchester
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 days ago
The Henry Royce Institute (Royce) is a UKRI-funded national institute that supports advanced materials research and innovation. With its Hub at The University of Manchester, the Institute has spokes at ten Partner and Associate organisations: the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool, Cambridge, Cranfield, Oxford and Imperial College London, as well as at the UK Atomic Energy Authority, the National Nuclear Laboratory and the Advanced Forming Research Centre Catapult. Royce's vision of 'advanced materials for a sustainable society' is delivered through:
  • Enabling national materials research, collaboration, foresighting and strategy
  • Providing access to world-leading facilities and research expertise
  • Catalysing industrial collaboration and accelerating translation
  • Fostering materials science skills development, innovation training and outreach
The ProjectThere is a major economic opportunity for Greater Manchester (GM) to fill the gap in companies able to provide sustainable materials for manufacturing supply chains, and reduce market failure in industries' ability to scale up and adopt sustainable materials in manufacturing applications. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Rochdale Development Agency (RDA) have plans to realise this ambition through the creation of the Centre of Expertise for Advanced Materials and Sustainability (CEAMS), which will be built in Atom valley/Rochdale.CEAMS is a multimillion InnovateUK funded programme, part of the Innovation Accelerator pilot of £100m+ research funding from the government's Levelling Up plan across 3 regions: Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and the Glasgow city region (ca. £30-35m for GM). The current programme has been extended to March 2026 and aims to build on its successes in leveraging GM's existing strength in materials research. The consortium, comprised of Rochdale Development Agency (RDA), University of Manchester (UoM) Institutes (Royce, Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre (GEIC), Sustainable Materials Innovation (SMI) Hub), National Physics Laboratory (NPL), National Composites Centre (NCC) and Centre For Process Innovation (CPI), will exploit existing infrastructure within GM and nationally to catalyse cross-sector and cross-supply chain collaborations to drive commercialisation of developments from two of the three UK technology families in which GM has identified world-leading research positions:
  • sustainable advanced materials
  • AI, data and advanced computing
We seek to employ an Application Scientist or Senior Application Scientist with expertise in the materials science of structural and/or multifunctional composites.As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.Our University is positive about flexible working - you can find out moreBlended working arrangements may be consideredPlease note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:Name: Jack McGhee, Senior Application Scientist, Henry Royce InstituteEmail:General enquiries:Email:Technical support:Jobtrain: 0161 850 2004This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

University of Manchester