Education & Training Jobs in Northern Ireland

Product Development Engineer– KTP Associate – Terumo BCT 

Ref: 21/108806
Salary scale: £24,000 – £34,000
Closing date: Monday 31 May 2021
Anticipated interview date: Thursday 17 and Friday 18 June 2021

Research and Enterprise

The Terumo Group is a healthcare company with business divisions in hospital disposables, cardiac & vascular, and blood management. The Larne facility is part of the Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (Terumo BCT) division, who are a global leader in blood component, therapeutic apheresis and cellular technologies. The Larne site has 40 years of experience in the manufacture of intravenous (IV) solutions marketed all over the world. The products span a broad range of therapy areas including traditional intravenous (IV) therapies used in fluid replacement, epidurals, heart surgeries, antibiotics, anticoagulants used in blood technologies, blood component storage solutions and perfusion therapy solutions.

We wish to recruit a skilled and motivated graduate to lead and deliver a project that will develop the next generation of a product packaging system designed for intravenous drug delivery systems for Terumo BCT.

Please note that the Shortlisting Panel cannot make assumptions on your experience or qualifications; it is the responsibility of the applicant to evidence their suitability for the role. As such your Application Form, CV and/or Cover Letter must clearly demonstrate how your Qualifications and Experience meet the Essential Criteria and, where possible, Desirable Criteria as listed in the Candidate Information Booklet.

Please make sure that you address all the criteria in the person specification and provide evidence to support your statements.

The successful candidate must have:

• Hold at least a 2.1 Honours degree (or equivalent classification) in Mechanical, Process or Chemical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Completion of a relevant research project.
• Demonstrable experience in Polymer Processing Technologies.
• Demonstrable experience in Materials analysis e.g. relevant thermal, spectroscopic methods, moisture and gas permeation studies.
• Demonstrable experience of materials selection in product design

Further information about the Company can be found at https://www.terumobct.com/

Informal enquires may be directed to Karen McGeough, email: k.mcgeough@qub.ac.uk.

Additional contact person: ktp@qub.ac.uk

One of the key KTP benefits for graduates is access to a £5,520 training and travel budget over the 24 month project.

Queen’s University Belfast is one of the leading universities in the UK and Ireland, with a distinguished heritage and history. With over 24,000 students, 4,200 staff and an annual turnover of some £300m, Queen’s University Belfast plays a unique leadership role in Northern Ireland. As a member of the Russell Group of UK research-intensive universities, Queen’s University Belfast combines excellence in research and education with a student centred ethos. As a leader of Knowledge Transfer Partnership (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 including 19 National KTP Awards. The KTP Programme has been helping businesses throughout the UK for over 40 years by recruiting suitably qualified graduates to take on a role that bridges academia and business.

As a KTP Associate you will have the opportunity to apply your academic knowledge to a real life challenge that delivers tactical change within an organisation. A KTP is the perfect launchpad, helping enhance your career prospects by providing you with an opportunity to manage a challenging project central to a business’s strategic development and long term growth. You will have access to a substantial training and development budget and take ownership of a project, with the added support and guidance of Queen’s world class Academics. Through the KTP programme we wish to recruit a graduate to work in Terumo BCT Ltd (in Larne, Co. Antrim) on a collaborative project with the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s over 24 months.

For full job details and criteria please see the Candidate Information link on our website by clicking APPLY FOR THIS JOB

You must clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria when you submit your application. For further information, please contact the Resourcing Team, Queen’s University Belfast via email at resourcing@qub.ac.uk

The University is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all.

However, our employment monitoring data tells us that individuals from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, people with a disability and those who identify as LGBT+ are currently under-represented at the University. As such, we particularly welcome applications from these individuals.