Royce Battery Suite Facility Manager (Fixed Term)

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 2 years in the first instance.

Applications are invited for the position of the Royce Battery Suite Facility Manager to lead and further develop the Royce Facility.

The Royce Cambridge Battery Manufacturing Facility provides equipment for academic and industry researchers to manufacture and process battery materials bridging the gap between materials innovation and industrial collaboration. This comprehensive suite can accommodate a variety of materials and overcome difficult processing operations, including microwave manufacture, digestion, separation, drying, purifying, mixing, and washing.

The Royce Battery facility has an increasing number of academic and industrial users, with a wide range of experience from complete novices to leading experts. The role holder will be required to scope and negotiate, collaborate with, and support the advance of the research activities of the facility users. This involves working with academic and industry users of the facility from around the UK, with a wide range of experience from complete novices to world-leading experts, covering all aspects of physical sciences and engineering.

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Battery specialist to lead this Facility, who will:

• Ensure the highest standard of operation and maintenance of the instruments.
• Provide training for students, staff, and visitors on the safe and effective use of the Facility.
• Liaise with external and internal users to scope and plan work ensuring a seamless and safe access to the facility.
• Advise, collaborate with, and support the advance of research activities of the Facility users.
• Carry out complex and highly specialist analysis and characterisation experiments on a variety of battery materials, optimising experimental parameters and instrument setup, perform advanced data analysis and interpretation.
• Lead the continued technical and strategic development of the Facility.

Your profile:

The successful candidate will have a proven track record and substantial experience in conducting experimental research on a variety of battery materials using and/or developing battery fabrication and testing instruments and related techniques including microwave manufacture, digestion, separation, drying, purifying, mixing, and washing.

Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential to working with a broad user base, and coordinating and delivering a number of parallel on-going research projects.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click the 'Apply' button above. 

We reserve the right to fill the position with a qualified candidate prior to the conclusion of the advertising period.

Please quote reference LJ45143 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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