Technical Lead

**Job Description**:
**Job Title**:Technical lead - Additive Manufacturing

**Posting Start Date**:09/07/2025

**Job Id**:1243

**School/Department**:Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

**Work Arrangement**:Full Time (Hybrid)

**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Salary per annum (£)**:38,249 - 46,735 with potential to progress to £51,039 through sustained outstanding contribution

**Closing Date**:07/08/2025

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

**Overview**
- This role is based in AMRC North West, Samlesbury, Blackburn and provides the chance to work with some of the biggest names in Aerospace, Automotive, Construction, and SMEs across the North-West region.
- You will support the Technical Fellows to establish a research portfolio and technology roadmap around the remit of the development of AM processes, materials, AM process simulations, online/offline process monitoring and control tools as well as utilisation of material characterisation techniques ultimately driving best practice methods and new technology to the AM team.- We support a portfolio of industrial projects with varying content and duration. As the group remit is to mature and transition research, collaboration and communication will be essential. We require a strong background of relevant technical research and delivery of sophisticated AM projects.

**Main duties and responsibilities**
- Technical delivery of high-quality research projects to advance metallic AM knowledge and evaluation of new theories and techniques to address current technological-related challenges. The AM processes include but are not limited to Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Wire Arc Directed Energy Deposition and Additive Friction Stir Deposition.
- Develop and utilise AM process monitoring and control tools for increasing reliability, accuracy and productivity of metallic AM technologies.
- Develop and utilise AM process models at multi-scales.
- Utilise 3D Printers for polymer printing to support internal and external projects
- Develop new AM processes and equipment selection with regard to cost, market requirements and feasibility of manufacture.
- Mentor Project Engineers in the AM team, including the identification of training and development requirements to meet project delivery.
- Analyse and record data to aid the design of future research and produce useful findings for other industrial partners, funders, policy makers and practitioners on established principles and techniques that have been improved through testing and experimentation.
- Develop personal skills through external or on the job training, suitable to accomplish the engineering and project tasks required.
- Present data results to project partners at all levels in a professional and concise manner.
- Provide technical report reviewing/supporting of other Project Engineers reports and presentations.
- Plan and carry out tasks / responsibilities over the short-medium term, with an awareness of longer-term issues.
- Plan several months in advance to meet delivery dates for AMRC project reports, industrial partner expectations and to support preparation for presentations to internal and external collaborators.
- Work alongside the Shop Floor staff to enable smooth transitions of project deliveries and to facilitate AM demonstrations
- Any other duties, commensurate with the grade of the post.

**Person Specification**

**Criteria**

**Essential or desirable**

**Stage(s) assessed at**
Have a good honours degree in an engineering field or relevant experience**Essential**
ApplicationWillingness and ability to travel**Essential**
ApplicationEffective communication skills, both written and verbal as communication to staff at all levels will be required**Essential**
Application/Interview- **Essential**
Application/InterviewAbility to creatively analyse and solve problems with an appreciation of longer-term implications**Essential**
Interview- **Essential**
InterviewExtensive knowledge of metallic AM processes and implementation with the ability to work without direct supervision**Essential**
Application/ InterviewAbility to empower Project Engineers, influence their work output in a positive manner and work effectively with teams.**Essential**
Application/ InterviewExperience with Project Management/CAD/CAM/AM pre-processing software and Additive Manufacturing /Inspection/Characterisation hardware**Essential**
Application/ Interview- **Desirable**
Application/ InterviewKnowledge of production processes such as laser welding, CNC machining, CMM**Desirable**
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