Project Manager

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Teesside and Durham Universities are collaborating on a ground-breaking project to accelerate decarbonisation and the use of hydrogen through supporting industrial research and development and capacity building in the Tees Valley.

The £11m project is led by Teesside University and funded with £4.8m from the Research England Development (RED) Fund, part of UK Research and Innovation, as well as funding from Teesside University, Durham University, and industrial partners.

Teesside is looking to recruit a highly experienced project manager to lead delivery of the four-year RED Fund project, ‘Growing Teesside’s Hydrogen Economy and Catalysing a Just Transition to Net Zero’.

The main responsibilities of the Project Manager will be to:

Establish the project governance arrangements, including the development of a Project Steering Group, an Industrial Liaison and Commissioning Group and a Project Board.

Develop and maintain a detailed project implementation plan

Coordinate all strands of project activity and review outcomes on an ongoing basis

To report progress to the project board and liaise with the funder over project change requests and monitor key performance indicators and success criteria.

This new joint research project will combine the research strengths of Teesside and Durham Universities and bring together a cohort of fourteen industrial and policy research fellows who will work together with industrial partners to identify challenges and develop innovative solutions to overcome them. Examples of challenges include fuel switching to hydrogen for high-grade heating, the use of hydrogen in flexible and resilient power systems, and hydrogen fuelled heavy-duty transportation.

Crucially, the project will also investigate policy and regulatory barriers to transition to hydrogen energy, as well as ways in which a just transition to net zero can be achieved to ensure communities benefit from both improvements employment opportunities and the natural environment.

The post will be based on the new Net Zero Industry Innovation Centre, a £16.4m investment designed to provide a platform to support knowledge exchange through industrial research collaboration. The post holder will be managed by the centre Director Dr Gari Harris and is recruiting three new professors (two in decarbonisation/hydrogen, one in social policy/just transition) and two associate professors (in decarbonisation/hydrogen) to permanently support its research. A successful RED Fund bid would support the early work of the centre through the work of the fellows.

A great place to work. The University has a strong track record in Equality and Diversity and supportive cultures. It holds an HR Excellence in Research award; Investors in People Gold status; Disability Confident, Leader status; an Athena Swan Bronze Award; is a signatory to the Race at Work Charter; is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration of Research Assessment); and is a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. More information on the job description and role can be found here, anyone wishing to have an informal discussion can speak to Director of the Net Zero Industry Innovation Centre (NZIIC) at g.harris@tees.ac.uk

Please be advised that due to the minimum salary thresholds imposed by the UKVI, this post will qualify for University sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route.

Apply now if you would like to join us.