About The University
Swansea University is a research-led university that has been making a difference since 1920. The University community thrives on exploration and discovery and offers the right balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life.
Our stunning waterfront campuses and multicultural community make us a desirable workplace for colleagues from around the world. Our reward and benefits, and ways of working enable those who join us to have enriching careers, matched by an excellent work-life balance.
About The Role
Applications are invited for a Fixed Term Research Assistant or Research Officer in Advanced Digital Modelling to enable a sustainable future and a transformation to net-zero.You will join Professor Beckmann and Professor Giannettis research group on Hybrid AI for Industry and Society at Swansea University, as well as the wider modelling, data and AI research community (first point of contact Professor Beckmann) and the wider materials and manufacturing research community (first points of contact will be Professor Giannetti and Professor Pleydell-Pearce) within the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
The successful candidate will be responsible to conduct genuine research and innovation to enable knowledge driven Industry 4.0 capabilities for steel manufacturing that address sustainability and a transformation to net-zero. The successful candidate will work closely with researchers focussed on data driven approaches, and academics and researchers in other UK universities contributing to SUSTAIN (see below). The successful candidate will have experience in applying AI and/or knowledge management systems to any sector, including health, transport, social science, etc.
This post is part of the EPSRC funded SUSTAIN Future Manufacturing Hub (https://www.sustainsteel.ac.uk/). SUSTAIN is an exciting collaborative project between the Universities of Swansea, Warwick and Sheffield working with the UK steel industry.
This project will link to SUSTAINs UK Digital Steel Innovation Hub (https://www.sustainsteel.ac.uk/data-driven-innovation), supporting both grand challenges in the SUSTAIN Hub of Zero Waste, Carbon Neutral Iron- and Steelmaking and Smart Steel Processing. The project is also linked to the Materials Made Smarter Research Centre as part of Made Smarter Innovation (https://www.madesmarter.uk/made-smarter-innovation/research-centres/), researching the emerging concept of Material Passports and their uses within the SUSTAIN and MMSC context as an enabler for sustainability and net-zero. As such, we are looking for candidates who are passionate about linking the fields of physics / knowledge driven approaches to modelling steel manufacturing through collaboration with other researchers and teams.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.
As an inclusive and welcoming workplace, we value people for their skills regardless of their background. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English.
Welsh Language Skills
The Welsh language level required for this role is Level 1 - A little. The role holder will be able to pronounce Welsh words, answer the phone in Welsh (good morning/afternoon) and use very basic everyday words and phrases (thank you, please etc.). Level 1 can be reached by completing a 1 hour course.
The University is a proud bilingual institution, our Welsh Language Strategy outlines our aspiration to promote the language and enable our staff to engage with the language as an additional workplace skill and as a gateway to new cultural and social opportunities. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English. Welsh speakers have the right to an interview in Welsh. Applicants for a role where Welsh skills are essential are expected to present their application in Welsh and will be interviewed in Welsh, if shortlisted.
Additional Information
Applications for this role will take the format of a CV submission and cover letter.
