Queen’s University Belfast Looking for Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineer, KTP Associate, BLK BOX Fitness at
Belfast, Newtownabbey Full Time
Ref: 22/110021
Duration: Fixed Term 21 months
Hours: Full-time
Salary: £22,000 – £28,000 + access to a £6,500 training and travel budget over the 21 month project
Through the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Programme, Queen’s University Belfast in partnership with BLK BOX, have an exciting employment opportunity for a graduate to work on a project to develop the end-to-end design and manufacturing processes for challenging products through the implementation of High Value Manufacturing & Industrial Digital Technologies and Industry 4.0 principles. BLK BOX Fitness was established in 2012 and supplies high-performance gym and fitness equipment for some of the largest health and leisure companies in the UK, Ireland and across the world.
The KTP Programme has been helping businesses throughout the UK for over 40 years by recruiting suitably qualified graduates to deliver strategic innovation projects in industry. A KTP role is the perfect launchpad, helping accelerate your career by giving you the opportunity to apply your academic knowledge and skills to a real-life challenge that delivers tactical change within a company. One of the unique benefits to KTP is that you will have access to a substantial training and development budget and have the support and guidance of Queen’s world-class academics and researchers. Queen’s University Belfast is one of the leading universities in the UK and Ireland, with a distinguished heritage and history. As a leader of KTP development and delivery for 25 years, KTP is held in high regard within Queen’s and the programme has been the foundation for many research and teaching successes.
This is a unique opportunity for a motivated graduate to work in BLK BOX (Newtownabbey, County Antrim) on a 21 month collaborative project with the Northern Ireland Technology Centre (NITC) at Queen’s.
Candidates who have previously been unsuccessful at interview need not reapply.
Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Race) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.
