Job Specifications
The Vacancy
Job Title: Senior Advisor - Automation Transformation
Location: Ansty, Coventry
Job Type: Permanent
Working hours: 36 Hours per week (Fully Flexible Working Week and Hybrid working options available)
Salary: PS55,000- PS70,000 per annum
Benefits: Private medical, 2x pension contribution, electric lease car scheme, cycle to work scheme, 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) and more.
The role
The role responsibilities of the Automation Transformation, Senior Advisor, is to provide leadership and delivery of a specific function and/or for the technical delivery of large programmes of work for customers in a variety of sectors including aerospace, defence and security.
You will work with manufacturing clients using the MTC structured engagement process and MTC Delivery Methods. By deploying the discovery process, you will define the current state of manufacturing operations using assessment and mapping tools with the purpose of capturing opportunities for productivity improvement and technology insertion to support the shaping of the future direction and their business strategy.
Collaborating with colleagues in the Automation Transformation team you will deliver the objectives of the team and the wider Technology Adoption Department and Industrial Transformation Group.
Main Responsibilities
Your main responsibilities will include:-
leading projects with manufacturing clients at their site(s)
running client discovery workshops to identify and explore relevant information
scoping out potential opportunities for the deployment of manufacturing best practice and technology application
evaluating opportunities to define work packages with clear value propositions
scoping and delivering programmes of work to deliver a step change in volume, quality or efficiency by introducing new equipment, processes and working methods into an existing production system
scoping/delivering programmes of work to up-scale and industrialise prototype production
running workshops to identify suitable technology opportunities to support strategic growth
developing pilot programmes for technology projects, which may include planning for technology selection
technical leadership of client facing projects, to include the leadership of project teams comprising engineers from across the Industrial Transformation Group i.e. Business, Digital, Automation, Technology and Sustainability Transformation and MTC Technology Groups i.e. Advanced Production Systems (APS), Digital Engineering (DE), Component Manufacturing Technologies (CMT) and AMTC Future Skills team
train, be approved and operate as a Technical Governor on nominated projects
deliver work packages from the resulting Automation Transformation project framework which prepare the business for automation/technology insertion resulting from deploying the following standard products
automation discovery project framework
feasibility project framework
supplier engagement project framework
maintaining and developing system integrator database supply chain
support the Technology Groups in work packages to develop the technology solutions
perform technical and administrative roles to ensure effective delivery of MTC's business.
Person Specification
Communication
Essential Skills/Qualifications/Experience
The Technology Manager, Automation Transformation, is critical in leading and guiding project stakeholders i.e. the customer, 3rd party specialist technology partners and MTC resources in defining and deploying technology associated with industrial projects.
You will be articulate and demonstrate competent communication and presentation skills and be comfortable communicating and working at all levels in a business from operators to executive teams.
Innovation
The Technology Manager will contribute to and/or define the forward strategy for the development of products and portfolios of work as identified by your Group Functional Lead and others, including senior managers and managers from other key functions e.g. Business Development, Programmes, Product Development, Technology Management, Resource Management to understand and shape current and future capability requirements and product offerings.
You will perform a key role in identifying opportunities for application of manufacturing best practice, processes, methodologies and technologies for the solution of industrial problems and be expected to demonstrate highly developed problem-solving skills and apply these to complex, multi-dimensional problems.
Knowledge
The Technology Manager will be involved in guiding MTC customers in the application of manufacturing best practice and technology and shall have a strong working knowledge of the following:
automation and robotics technologies, solutions and typical applications
business /manufacturing improvement techniques e.g. value stream mapping, process mapping, lean techniques
manufacturing operational efficiency improvement methods e.g. flow and layout
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About the Company
Welcome to MTC, a leading research and technology organisation at the forefront of manufacturing innovation, rising to the challenges, ideas and ambitions of partners across the UK and beyond, since 2010.
Proud to be part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK, we serve as the catalyst for future growth and success in advanced manufacturing across the UK, operating from our three sites, Coventry, Liverpool, and Oxford.
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