Job Description

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a great opportunity to apply modern software engineering and data science approaches to develop and deploy an in-house platform for railway bridge examination and assessment. You will be delivering this ambitious innovation project and become a key part of the future strategy of VEDA Associates Ltd, working with them at their base in London.

You will lead a transformation project - a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) - to develop a software platform that digitalises the data collection and bridge examination processes and enables centralised assessment/design. You will work with an academic team from the Mechanical and Construction Engineering department at Northumbria University, who will provide support to meet the project aims.

The opportunities available to you:

• Leading and delivering a challenging and strategic R&D project that directly impacts the business
• Support from an academic team with specialist knowledge and experience relevant to the project
• Potential to be retained in a permanent position within the company at the end of the project
• \xc2\xa35,000 professional training and personal development budget
• Potential for a performance-related bonus
• Leadership and Management training from Ashorne Hill

For full details of qualifications, skills and experience required for the post, please review the . Please also note the specific application document requirements below.

The role is fixed term for 30 months, with the start date expected to be October/November 2023.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Find out more about VEDA Associates Ltd:

Find out more about Mechanical and Construction Engineering at Northumbria University:

For informal enquiries please contact one of the project team:

Dr Hamed Farokhi, Northumbria University

Dr Craig Warren, Northumbria University

To apply for this vacancy please click \'Apply Now\', and submit a covering letter* and CV including previous research or industrial projects you were involved in.

Please make sure to address the following point clearly in your cover letter:

Describe a software-based project that you have worked on (if applicable), outlining the aim of the project and explaining your role and the tools/packages/frameworks used.

Please note that applications will be reviewed as they are received, therefore interviews may take place before closing date and continue until mid-September.

We welcome applications from the UK and across the world. Please see our web pages for details on .

ABOUT US

At Northumbria, we embrace tomorrow. We pursue new thinking, forge new partnerships, create, and exchange new knowledge, and find new solutions. Our inspirational academics, partners and students work together to tackle tomorrow\'s challenges head on. We are ready for the future whatever it may hold.

Awarded the title of in the 2022 Times Higher Education Awards, Northumbria University is a research-intensive modern university with a global reputation for academic excellence.

Northumbria recorded the biggest rise of any UK university for research power in the Research Excellence Framework for the second time in 2021 and is now ranked top 25 for this measure.

One of the largest universities in the UK with over 37,000 students from 137 countries, filled with world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and students at the heart of an outstanding experience, Northumbria is a new kind of excellent university. Discover more .

Northumbria University is a great place to work. We empower our exceptional people to achieve shared ambitions and promote a positive work life balance. To say thank you, we offer a wide range of benefits including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, a generous holiday entitlement, continued commitment to your learning and development and .

We are an on-campus organisation where colleagues work regular patterns of hours and on campus, with some flexibility on the timing of their hours and the location of their work in discussion with their manager.

Northumbria University is committed to creating an inclusive culture where we take pride in, and value, the diversity of our staff. We encourage and welcome applications from all members of the community. The University holds a bronze Athena Swan award in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality, we are a Disability Confident Employer, a member of the Race Equality Charter and are participating in the Stonewall Diversity Champion Programme.

The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.

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