The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) is one of Europe's leading government funded collaborative programmes helping businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity using expertise, skills and resources from a UK knowledge base. The KTP is being led by staff from the Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment (SuRBe) group:https://surbe.org/.
Dr Littlewood jlittlewood@cardiffmet.ac.uk or Paul Wilgeroth PWilgeroth@cardiffmet.ac.uk can be contacted for more information on this KTP project.
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and supporting a collaborative Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) for a fixed term of three years between J.G Hale Construction Ltd and Cardiff Metropolitan University.
J.G Hale Construction Ltd is a company based in Neath, South Wales. It encompasses three main divisions including Hale Construction, Hale Homes and Seven Oaks Timber Frames Ltd.
Hale Construction delivers major construction projects for Local Authorities, Housing Associations and the private building market, working with a wide range of subcontractors in the Neath and Swansea area.
Hale Homes is a luxury house builder with a focus on building high quality homes with the most sustainable sources available.
Seven Oaks manufactures innovative timber frames, roof trusses with strong environmental credentials and a closed panel exterior wall system (Trisowarm) with BBA certification. This enables Hale Construction to use the highest quality materials in its work.
In February 2017, the Welsh Government launched its innovative housing scheme, to encourage innovative, sustainable prefabricated off-site construction and by 2020, the Welsh Government have set a target for 20,000 new affordable dwellings.
The role is to help Hale rise to the Welsh Government challenge of creating quality, and quick-to-build sustainable dwellings for 2020 and beyond.
Hale's vision for the future has three stages:
Firstly, to increase their market share using the existing Trisowarm wall system.
Secondly, expand the Trisowarm range of products by creating Triso-ceiling, Triso-floor and Triso-roof to add to the existing Triso-wall panels. This would allow them to manufacture and supply entire prefabricated, flat-pack, Trisowarm energy efficient dwellings.
Thirdly, to help optimise the business performance by developing and implementing an Innovation Management System with feedback loops. This will enable Hale to analyse each of their business operations to determine opportunities for refining and optimising functionality and performance. This project aims to enable Hale to take the market lead over their competition for prefabricated and modular timber buildings in Wales.
This is an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to work with one of Wales' leaders in prefabricated buildings that are designed, manufactured and constructed in Wales, with the support and expertise of a multi-disciplinary team from Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Location: Neath & Cardiff
When applying for this position please ensure that a CV and a covering letter explaining how you meet all of the essential criteria is attached.
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