Digital Design for Manufacture and Assembly - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Newcastle University

Newcastle University
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Salary:
£40,000 (plus substantial training budget) per annum.

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits.

We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.


Closing Date: 18 April 2024

The role

Merit Holdings Ltd.

and Newcastle University are offering an exciting opportunity to implement a new solution for advancing the digitalisation and automation of the design processes and their interfaces with manufacturing and other business functions.

Merit is one of the UK's leading offsite construction specialists for technically complex and low-carbon emission buildings, and excels in providing high-quality facilities for the healthcare, pharmaceutical and bioscience sectors.

Leveraging the Industrialised Construction (IC) approach, Merit has demonstrated its capability to reduce the on-site construction activities and time while improving the overall productivity and profitability for clients.


The KTP aim is to advance the digital Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) processes by automating the design processes and integrating them with procurement processes and the downstream manufacturing and assembly processes.

Based at Merit Holdings Ltd, Cramlington, you will lead a Knowledge Transfer Partnership project.

You will lead on the implementation of this project transforming Merit's industrialised construction approach through smart digitalisation and automation of design and manufacturing processes using knowledge-based engineering and DfMA methods.

You will be supported by an interdisciplinary team from Newcastle University, led by Prof Mohamad Kassem, with expertise in digital construction, construction informatics, software engineering, robotics, and control.

You will have also support from a Senior Company Supervisor.

You will also interface at a later stage in the project and work with another KTP Associate specialised in Industrial Automation.


You will capture up-to-date domain knowledge about existing digital DfMA using a knowledge-based engineering methodology and develop ways for automating and integrating such processes with procurement/estimation and production/manufacturing processes.

You will have access to some of the most advanced digital design and planning tools within the industry.


Benefits:

Develop managerial skills and attend two residential managerial workshops (each of one week duration)
£4,000 personal training budget
The opportunity to lead a project, develop project management skills and improve long term career prospects
Mentoring by a Knowledge Transfer Network Adviser
Full access to university resources to complete the project
Ability to work in a largely self-determined way, across the industry-academic partnership
Opportunities to develop both technical understanding and commercial awareness
The possibility to study for a higher degree or undertake professional development


The KTP Associate will be an employee of Newcastle University but will spend most of their working time at the company's premises at 8 Silverton Court, Northumberland Business Park, Cramlington, NE23 7RY and when required at Newcastle University.

Although the contract is fixed term for a duration of 2 years, more than 70% of KTP staff gain a permanent job offer by their KTP company.

For further details on the Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering please visit our web page at:
For further details about Knowledge Transfer Partnerships please visit the web page at:
Key Tasks

Undertake personal development activities including on-boarding familiarisation with the company (particularly understanding Merit's products, challenges, and strategic priorities) and university (KB team)
Capture and represent the summarised domain knowledge for the design, manufacture, and assembly of Merit's products across their lifecycle
Prototype and test the automated Digital DfMA solution using both actual industry data and commercial projects in Merit
Maintain the automated Digital DfMA solution and develop operation and training manuals
Lead the training on the Automated Digital DfMA solution at Merit
Disseminate and embed the knowledge within Merit to various stakeholders throughout the KTP via reports, presentations, group discussions and workshops
Prepare publications, case studies and attend conferences

The Person

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Experience in programming and software development in a relevant field Experience in developing extensions in Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools and visual programming tools
Desirable Ability to model knowledge systems using formal languages and frameworks Knowledge of computational design (parametric, generative, or algorithmic) Understanding of BIM protocols and knowledge of Digital Collaborative Environment (3D Experience) Ability to define and develop ontologies for representing captured knowled
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