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Business Performance and Capability Lab (BPCL) at HWU is designed for impactful, practice-oriented research on measuring and managing business performance and capabilities. As a Research Assistant, you will play a crucial role in assessing the digital capabilities of manufacturing SMEs across the UK.

Key duties & responsibilities

  • Conduct on-site visits to manufacturing SMEs to assess their digital infrastructure, processes, and technologies.
  • Engage with SME owners, managers, and employees to understand their challenges and opportunities.
  • Analyze findings and identify gaps in digital capabilities.
  • Prepare comprehensive reports.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop strategies for enhancing digital maturity.
  • Stay informed about industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies.
  • Provide support to your supervisors as needed.

Desired skills

  • Familiarity with Industry 4.0 concepts, IoT, cloud computing, and data analytics.
  • Knowledge of SME business operations and challenges.
  • Practical experience in the manufacturing sector.

How to apply

Applications can be submitted up to midnight (UK time) on Sunday, 8th September 2024.

Please submit via the Heriot-Watt on-line recruitment system (1) Cover letter describing your interest and suitability for the post; (2) Full CV. Interviews will be held w/c 16 th September 2024.

At Heriot Watt we are passionate about our values and look to them to connect our people globally and to help us collaborate and celebrate our success through working together. Our research programmes can deliver real world impact which is achieved through the diversity of our international community and the recognition of creative talent that connects our global team.

Our flourishing community will give you the freedom to challenge and to bring your enterprising mind and to help our partners with solutions that can be applied now and in the future. Join us and Heriot Watt will provide you with a platform to thrive and work in a way that also helps you live your life in balance with well-being and inclusiveness at the heart of our global community.

Heriot-Watt University is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected, trained, promoted, appraised and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities. Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all.

Heriot-Watt University values diversity across our University community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society, particularly from underrepresented groups.  We welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g. part-time working and job share options.