Agri-tech Engineer

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Engineering Department
Location:  Newport, Shropshire TF10 8NB
Salary:  £38,208 per annum
Post Type:  Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date:  23.59 hours GMT on Sunday 03 March 2024
Reference:  LW-1248A

Are you looking for an opportunity to work at the forefront of agricultural engineering innovation? Harper Adams’ Engineering Department is expanding its Agri-tech team to meet increasing demand from industry for its services. We are seeking a mechatronics engineer with proven ability and industry experience to enhance our small team of near market agricultural engineers.

We work in the near market, collaborative and commercially led engineering project space. The Agri-tech team is typically involved in research, design, prototyping, testing and laboratory/ field demonstrations. We cover a diverse portfolio of projects, spanning the science to innovation spectrum from robotics, mechatronics, electric vehicles to data analytics, vision systems, and other AI applications. We are supported by a central business unit responsible for developing partnerships with external businesses and organisations as well as developing collaborative relationships with colleagues across the campus. 

Your responsibilities would include:

•    supporting team leaders to deliver project outputs

•    clearly identifying designs and methodologies with innovation potential

•    engineering design and development work

•    presenting your work to colleagues and external partners 

•    keeping daily records of your work

You will need to show that you have a keen interest in working at the forefront of Agri-tech innovation. You should have strong communication skills and be self-motivated to achieve a high standard of work. 

You must hold an honours level degree in Agricultural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or Electrical Engineering, or related engineering field. At interview, you will need to evidence your ability to: apply engineering knowledge and skills to develop project outputs; problem solve; generate ideas; work independently as well as part of a team; have a working knowledge of engineering tools including software packages.

If you have any questions or for an informal discussion please contact Lee Williams via email at [email protected]   

For further information about the University visit our website www.harper-adams.ac.uk

Application Procedure:

All applications should be completed and submitted using the Harper Adams e-Recruitment programme at http://jobs.harper-adams.ac.uk to be completed no later than midnight on Sunday 3 March 2024

Please note that interviews will take place on Thursday 21st March 2024.

Should you require any adjustments to complete your application for this role then please contact [email protected]

If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK and/or are seeking sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa in the please follow this link https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration which contains further information about obtaining the right to work in the UK and details about eligibility for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker Visa