Product Design & Development Engineer (KTP Associate) Buckinghamshire New University ref: 10/2036

Fixed term contract for 24 months

Salary: £19,500 – £21,500 plus £4,000 development package.

This is an exciting opportunity for a recent graduate to work on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) at the Pure H2O Company, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of environmentally sound and technologically efficient water treatment and supply products. For further information see www.pureh2o.co.uk The project is to develop existing water treatment and dispensing technologies and design new sustainable applications. You will be given responsibility for design and development of a state of the art dispensing system, including interface and related technologies, with a view to expanding your role within the company, and developing further product offerings, upon completion of the KTP.

You will have a first class or upper second degree in Product/Industrial Design or Mechanical Engineering or a similar related discipline and be self-motivated, enthusiastic and ambitious, and be keen to work on an interdisciplinary project where skills such as form design, sustainability, electronics, interface design and manufacturing knowledge will be required.

The selected applicant will benefit from a generous personal development package, university and company support and supervision and the opportunity to gain the Chartered Management Institute’s Diploma in Management.

For an informal discussion, please contact Gordon Hooker, Knowledge Transfer Manager, Buckinghamshire New University on 01494 601618.

Please quote job reference: 10/2036

Closing date:  6 August 2010.

Interviews will take place w/c 23 August 2010.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships support partnerships between universities and businesses, placing graduates to work on challenging, high profile projects.

More information about Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and advantages of being a KTP Associate can be found on the KTP website at www.ktponline.org.uk

Application form and job descriptions available at www.bucks.ac.uk/jobs or email jobs@bucks.ac.uk.  By Post: Human Resources, Buckinghamshire New University, Queen Alexandra Road, High Wycombe, Bucks HP11 2JZ.  Telephone: (01494) 605044

Committed to equality and diversity.

If you are a foreign national you will be required to provide documentation that demonstrates your right to work in the UK prior to consideration of your application.

We will only notify candidates who have been shortlisted for interview.

Therefore, if you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.