We are looking for a Stuctural Engineer / Building Designer / Product Developer - KTP Associate
Salary package is up to £30,000 pa depending on qualifications and experience plus £4,375 personal training budget
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships bring together universities and business to work together on a development project.
The job - This is an exceptional opportunity to work for a progressive, award-winning design and construction company in a dual design / research role. You will be working for Oakwright’s, one of the most innovative timber companies in the UK using state of the art software and leading edge CNC CAD/CAM hardware. The work, based mainly at the Company’s offices in Hereford, will be to develop a long-term, in-house structural engineering capability and research and develop innovative eco-panel walls leading to engineering the production of the panel system.
You will be working in collaboration with world-class researchers at the University of Bath on a 30 month Knowledge Transfer Partnership to develop the innovative, low carbon insulated cladding panel system to enable the Company to continue to operate at the forefront of high quality Modern Methods of Construction (MMC). The reward package includes a salary of up to £30,000 (depending on qualifications and experience), a separate personal training and development budget of £4375, formal management training to diploma level and the opportunity to achieve an MPhil qualification. On successful completion of the project it is highly likely that you will be offered a permanent position with the company.
T J Crump Oakwrights is a specialist constructional carpentry company who, for the second year running, have achieved star status in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For list. Operating nationwide & abroad, its core business is the design and construction of bespoke, traditionally jointed and pegged, oak homes in both the traditional and ‘Country Contemporary’ ® style. Traditional oak framed vernacular houses found in English towns and villages have been Oakwrights’ core business and are at the heart of their expertise. It is one of the leading and most pioneering traditional carpentry framing companies in the UK.
The ideal Associate will be a civil or structural engineer, with a first class, 2.1 or higher university degree in an appropriate field. This will be an opportunity for either a recent graduate, early career engineer working towards professional status or a recently chartered engineer. A strong interest in and commitment to timber engineering and ecological building is essential. As are excellent technical (structural engineering) skills combined with a pragmatic attitude to design encompassing Oakwright’s approach to building. We would also expect you to demonstrate; enthusiasm, curiosity, the ability to work effectively in a team-based structure, accuracy, the ability to work with good quality control, excellent communication skills (verbal, written and IT), project and time management skills, personal ambition and self-motivation to drive the project forward with minimum supervision within agreed and directed task boundaries, readiness to undertake the travel necessary for training and personal development, site, client and research visits.
The closing date for applications is 16th JUNE, 2008. To apply, please quote Ref No. 08H 057A and request an application form and job description from the Human Resources Department, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY (email jobs@bath.ac.uk). Alternatively, please telephone the 24 hour answer-phone service on 01225 386924, textphone 01225 386039, or apply online at http://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs. An Equal Opportunities Employer.
