Research & Development Engineer - Technology & Innovation

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Research & Development Engineer - Technology & Innovation

Sector: Engineering, Research and Development, Technology
Role: Professional
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

Are you an ambitious Research & Development Engineer keen to progress your career within Technology and Innovation?
Would you thrive at the cutting edge of technology within the construction industry?
Are you an innovative and creative thinker?
Then we would love to hear from you!

The Opportunity:
Due to an exciting pipeline of major infrastructure projects, we are looking to expand the Technology and Innovation function at Laing O'Rourke with the appointment of a Research & Development Engineer based from Sherwood Business Park, Nottinghamshire. A Research & Development Engineer will work at the cutting edge of technology within the construction industry, developing and delivering a diverse portfolio of initiatives to materially improve our ability to systematically deliver certainty, safety & productivity.

The individual will work with a variety of teams on various projects such as product-based building solutions, manufacturing, and process automation, all of which are aligned to the Group strategic direction to ensure short-and long-term competitiveness. There will be opportunity for rotation around the business, allowing the Graduate to develop a broad foundation of skills and knowledge.

What will the role look like?

• Assisting Product Owners in the development, commercialisation, and rollout of new initiatives and products.
• Assist in the technical development of new products from conception to market ready solutions.
• Support in the formulation of the workplan and route to delivery for inflight products through design, procurement, manufacture and execution with the backing of the Project leader and Engineering leaders.
• Report back to the Product Owner with ongoing developments and challenges, with a view of appropriate resolution.
• Support in value capture of deployed solutions to monitor effectiveness across our project construction sites.
• Leverage data from across the business to produce coherent and comprehensive analysis and reports to support decision making by management with regards to investment, and business planning.
• To liaise with teams across the business and identify cross-functional opportunities for knowledge sharing and deployment.
• Assist in preparation of business plans and presentations for roll out of developed solutions.
• Design and conduct experiments and trials required during the research and development phases.
• Report writing and presentation of concepts and findings.
• Visit client & supplier sites as and when required for project meetings and workshop activities.
• Scan the construction sector and cross-industry landscape for new, disruptive, and ground-breaking technology and innovation.
• Monitor and report on competitor activity with regards to Research & Development.

What skills & experience are we looking for?

• Practical experience within the construction industry
• Team work ethic.
• Innovative and creative thinker.
• Data capture and analytics.
• Ability to evaluate problems from first principles.
• Eligible to work in the UK with a valid work permit if applicable.
• Full mobility as you may be required to relocate for your role.
• Strong numeracy and literacy skills.
• Practical and hands-on approach.
• General Engineering competence, manufacturing systems experience and interpretation of engineering drawings experience would be advantageous.

Qualifications:

• BEng honours degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• PLC / Robot programming experience would be advantageous.

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long-term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.