Prosperity Partnership Project Manager

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £46,735 to £55,755 with potential progression once in post to £62,728

Hours: Part Time (18.75 hours per week)

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to January 2028

Background

The High Temperature Research Centre (HTRC) is a research partnership between the University of Birmingham and Rolls-Royce plc. Funded in 2012 and operational in 2016 the Centre is at the forefront of research in to manufacturing of nickel superalloy single crystals and related enabling technologies. Research projects span early stage discovery through development and maturing of technology and manufacturing capability and direct impact within Rolls-Royce’s manufacturing facilities. The Centre trains the manufacturing and technical specialists and leaders of the future. The excellence of the research partnership between the University and Rolls-Royce plc was recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering’s recent presentation of the Bhattacharyya Award (2022) and Queen’s Anniversary Prize (2023).

HTRC is a dual site facility; laboratories focusing on low technology readiness level research are located in the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the Edgbaston campus and large scale research facilities at Ansty Park, Coventry. 

Role Summary

The Arcane Project Manager will have the remit of managing the EPSRC funded project within HTRC based at the University of Birmingham’s facility at Ansty. Within this capacity the job will provide strategic direction and management to ensure the project delivers in line with its objectives. The Project Manager will work directly with the HTRC Director for delivery of all aspects of this project and be line managed by the Deputy Director of Operations for EPS College at UoB. Through collaboration, the aim is to manage and support the delivery of five work packages and data science workstreams.

As Manager for the project, the post holder will be responsible for day to day operational management of the project, robust financial monitoring and the successful delivery of contracted outputs. The task will necessitate co-ordinating and managing the efforts of staff involved in all aspects of project delivery. 

The Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring that all funder requirements for reporting and auditing are met for the duration of the project and will also be responsible to the Project Director for reporting progress on the projects, and for alerting senior management to any major potential threats to project delivery. The Project Manager will be required to ensure that all aspects of project delivery are completed in line with University policies. The Project Manager will also have responsibility of submitting final reports/claims to the funder and Project Closure for the contractual obligations which will conclude in May 2028.

Person Specification

• Relevant degree or relevant equivalent professional qualification, plus significant programme/project management experience (in increasingly large and/or complex projects) or substantial relevant experience evidencing the experience required in this role.
• Formal Project Management qualifications such as APMP, Prince2 or MSP preferred.
• Substantial experience of managing large financial budgets along with experience of budget planning, forecasting and monitoring.

Informal enquiries can be made to Gareth Pugh, email: g.j.pugh@bham.ac.uk 

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