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University of Warwick Campus, Coventry
Fixed Term Contract – 2 years
Are you ready to shape the future of AgriTech?
WMG at the University of Warwick is seeking a visionary Chief Engineer (AgriTech) to provide strategic and technical leadership across Warwick AgriTech.
About the role
To provide the overall vision and technical leadership for Warick Agri-tech across the University.
Responsibilities including winning and leading projects by working pro-actively with the external partners, academics and senior management to deliver technical objectives to time and to budget.
The Chief Engineer will report to the WMG CTO. The role will involve interfacing across relevant research groups in WMG, the School of Life Sciences at Warwick and several external organisations. These will include other HVM Catapult centres, the Agri-tech centre, various government departments and key industry organisations.
About You
The Chief Engineer will possess outstanding strategic, commercial and technical capabilities, with understanding of the key challenges in Agriculture Technology and how to develop and apply manufacturing and product related research and technologies into the field.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
How to Apply
CLOSING DATE: Sunday 31st August 2025 at 23:55 (BST)
To apply, please click ‘Apply’ below and submit an application form by the closing date.
Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application form past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 23:30).
You will have to attach a CV and a cover letter.
* Your CV should include your employment history (including your most recent employment), your education history, and any other relevant experience.
* Your cover letter should explain your motivations for applying to the role. It should also explain, using examples, how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the Job Description PDF document below. Please note that all essential criteria must be met by candidates who are invited to interview.
Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and explaining below, using examples, how you meet the criterion, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.
To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications submitted via our official career's webpage, warwick-careers.tal.net.
* Interview Date: To be confirmed
* Start Date: To be confirmed
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Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Education and Engineering
* Industries
Higher Education and Engineering Services
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