Senior Project Manager; Prosperity Partnership - School of Metallurgy and Materials

Senior Project Manager (Prosperity Partnership) - School of Metallurgy and Materials - 103041 - Grade 8

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School of Metallurgy and Materials, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Location:

High Temperature Research Centre, Coventry, UK

Full time starting salary range £47,389 to £56,535 with potential progression to £63,606

Grade: 8

Part Time (18.75 hours per week)

Fixed Term contract up to May 2028

Closing date: 4th January 2026

Due to the nature of the information handled this position is only open to individuals holding citizenship of nations that do not appear on the ITAR 126.1 list of proscribed countries.

People are at the heart of what we are and do. The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we’re equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector‑leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential. With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide‑range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site. On campus we have a state‑of‑the‑art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

The High Temperature Research Centre (HTRC) is a research partnership between the University of Birmingham and Rolls‑Royce plc. Funded in 2012 and operational in 2016 the Centre is at the forefront of research into the manufacturing of nickel superalloy single crystals and related enabling technologies. Research projects span early stage discovery through development and maturing of technology and manufacturing capability and direct impact within Rolls‑Royce’s manufacturing facilities.

The Centre trains the manufacturing and technical specialists and leaders of the future. The excellence of the research partnership between the University and Rolls‑Royce plc was recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering’s recent presentation of the Bhattacharyya Award (2022) and Queen’s Anniversary Prize (2023).

HTRC is a dual site facility; laboratories focusing on low technology readiness level research are located in the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the Edgbaston campus and large scale research facilities at Ansty Park, Coventry.

The HTRC recently secured an EPSRC Prosperity Partnership grant on Advanced Research into Crystal Anisotropy and Nucleation effects in nickel superoys (ARCANE). This large 5 year, £11M, Birmingham led project with Rolls‑Royce plc, University of Oxford and University of Greenwich has five research work packages alongside an overarching data science and artificial intelligence strand.

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