Building Energy Analyst - KTP Associate

Job Category

Technical

Vacancy Type

Fixed term contract

Fixed Term Duration

26 Months

Employment Type

Full time

Salary From

£35,000

Salary To

£45,000

Location

Chelmsford

Faculty/Prof Service

Faculty of Science & Engineering

Ref No

2926

Closing Date

16/06/2024

Documents

Job Description and Personal Specification (PDF, 122.89kb)

About ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

ARU's research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK's Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK's leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About Munday + Cramer:

Munday + Cramer is a medium-sized practice with nearly 20 years' experience in delivering a range of professional services within the built environment. They have a client base of 145 public/private organisations. Their core sectors are education, commercial, residential and healthcare. Their services include conceptual architectural design, procurement and project management, through to day-to-day facilities and property management and beyond. They specialise in education estate management supporting local authorities and multi-academy schools. They support clients on funding bids and managing their budgets and estates.

About the role

You'll develop your project management skills and an in-depth understanding of energy efficiency, determining carbon footprint calculations, programming and APIs, and data dashboards. You'll develop your people and change management knowledge and skills. You'll use business intelligence tools and databases. You'll manage prototyping, testing and validation in integrating the data dashboard into the existing platform. You'll lead on identification, prioritisation and delivery of training and support Munday + Cramer's Digital Marketing Apprentice in identifying, reviewing and prioritising licensing opportunities of the new developed tool. You'll regularly be required to engage with Munday + Cramer clients.

Munday + Cramer see the Associate potentially becoming one of their senior leaders.

Although you'll be employed by ARU, you'll be primarily based at Munday + Cramer's offices in South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford.

Requirements

Degree in Energy and Sustainability, Mechanical, Computing or Construction Engineering

Practical and/or research experience in Energy and Sustainability, Building fabric and Mechanical Infrastructure, and Energy Efficiency

Understanding of thermal energy efficiency

Advanced digital skills

Strong Interpersonal skills

Ideally, experienced computer programmer

Benefits for the Associate

You'll ‘own' your own project, linked to both a university and business whose experienced teams will provide you with full support. Applying academic knowledge to a real-world challenge, this is a chance to deliver impact and shape your career.

A KTP could be the perfect launchpad, helping enhance your career by managing a challenging project central to a business's strategic development and long term growth.

Develop Skills:

The project will present you with a unique opportunity to gain experience of energy efficiency, carbon footprint calculations and data dashboards.

You'll gain access to specialist resources and world-leading academics.

You'll have the opportunity to gain further qualifications and certifications, with dedicated training time and a generous training budget.

Take the Lead

With support from your Supervisors, you'll drive the project, managing your own workload and ensuring outputs.

You'll direct problem-solving activities and your own learning.

You'll have creative freedom to suggest changes and develop the project plan.

Interact

You'll have continuous support from your Academic and Business Supervisors.

You'll work with innovative and ambitious business staff, including contact with senior management. You'll liaise with external clients and see the real-life impact of your work.

For further information: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (ktp-uk.org)

Informal enquiries can be made to Ahad Ramezanpour, Associate Professor at [email protected] or Ben Hooson, KTP Manager at [email protected].

Please note that interviews are expected to take place in June 2024.

Find out more about working with us.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Guidance Notes:

For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.