Skills

Leadership Research Training Coaching react Business Management

Job Specifications

About The Role

For informal enquiries, please contact Federico Melotti (Principal Engineer) at federico.melotti@warwick.ac.uk.

The WMG SME Group are seeking to appoint Engineers to join their multidisciplinary team to assist in the delivery of our SME Programmes. This project helps manufacturing SME’s become more productive and competitive.

The group aims to accelerate SME economic growth through research-led innovation. We build strong sustainable and collaborative relationships with SME businesses and partner organisations.

Specifically, The Role Involves

Utilise necessary knowledge and technology in the team to react to client project needs and to provide solutions with regards to how best to solve the client challenges.
Conduct on-site assessments and line walks with customers to identify their challenges and identify improvement opportunities.
Collaborate with other senior engineers and managers in the group and wider university to deliver engineering projects where required.
Travel to customer sites (mainly within the West Midlands) to support project delivery.
Analyse and optimise manufacturing and operational processes using data-driven and Lean/Six Sigma methods.

About You

The ideal candidate should have a strong interest in developing their knowledge in one or more of the following:

Manufacturing and Process Engineering
Lean Manufacturing, 6 Sigma
Shopfloor Layout
Value Stream Mapping
Productivity Improvement

This role presents a unique range of career development opportunities: for people with business skills and experience to expand their technical knowledge and gain experience working with clients. Similarly, people with a technical bias will have the opportunity to develop business consulting skills and gather valuable manufacturing business management exposure through supporting and mentoring business owners and company directors.

Such business and technology exposure may appeal to people who have an entrepreneurial flair and are interested in broadening their horizons, working with a wider variety of SME manufacturers working across different sectors from food to engineering, and exploring opportunities with a view to starting their own business at some point in the future.

As an engineer, you will receive training and coaching on the specific duties the role requires. There will also be numerous opportunities to develop your leadership style and lead on projects with support from a senior colleague.

In addition, being a part of WMG can offer the successful candidate various opportunities for to get involved in academic research, in addition the general day-to-day duties of the role.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description attached as a PDF below.

About The Department

The Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) is the largest department at the University of Warwick, with over 800 staff and nearly 3,000 students across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in management, technology, and applied engineering.

We are globally recognised for our world-class research, innovative industry partnerships, and teaching excellence, and we are proud holders of the Athena SWAN Silver Award and the Institutional Silver Award.

Find out more about the High Value Manufacturing Catapult centre.

Find out more about the Energy Innovation Centre.

Find out more about our range of undergraduate and apprenticeship degrees here.

About The University

We are a world-leading research-intensive university founded in 1965. We are ranked 106th in the world and 8th in the UK.* Additionally, 92% of our research is rated world-leading or internationally excellent.**

Find out more about us at warwick.ac.uk/about/.

World University Ranking 2024, Guardian University Guide 2025
Research Excellence Framework 2021

How to Apply

CLOSING DEADLINE: Sunday 30 November 2025 at 11:55pm (UK Time)

To apply, please click "Apply" below and submit an application form by the closing deadline. You will be asked to include a CV and a cover letter.

Your CV Should Include

Your education and employment history (including your most recent employment).
Any other relevant experience (e.g. volunteering, extracurricular, etc.).

Your Cover Letter Should Explain

Your motivations for applying to the role.
Using examples, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the job description (PDF attached below).

All essential criteria must be met by candidates who are invited to interview.

For guidance on writing a cover letter, see here. (delete for academic positions)

Interview Date: To be confirmed
Start Date: To be confirmed

Please note application forms must be submitted before the stated deadline - you will not be able to submit after 23:55 (even if you opened the form earlier). Only applications submitted via our official careers portal (warwick-careers.tal.net) will be considered.

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