Job Description

World-changing careers, enabled by Johnson Matthey. With more than 200 years history, join us and help to accelerate the transition to net-zero! As an R&D Automation Specialist you'll contribute to JM's mission as a world leader in sustainable technology, transforming energy and reducing carbon emissions for a cleaner, brighter future.
The role:
As an Automation Specialist you will help drive our goals by:Delivering complex A&R projects supporting, and aligned, to the R&D operations transformation roadmap over a time horizon 1-3 years, ensuring key stakeholders are consulted and communicated with effectively. Working with the R&D Operations Transformation Lead, establish a Teesside A&R steering group with key stakeholders from R&D and supporting functions, to develop and manage a central opportunity register for new A&R projects, with a balanced evaluation and prioritisation process. Supporting the design and development of a standardised business case assessment framework for A&R opportunities to ensure value capture as well as full documentation of process requirements and scope. Establishing effective working relationships with R&D teams, identifying improvement opportunities and supporting the community in understanding how to exploit A&R for future benefit, from workflow analysis to design and deployment, empowering them to move to higher value activities, accelerate data generation and/or reduce labour costs. Facilitating ever improving EHS performance across the organisation through close partnership with process safety, engineering assurance and IT cyber security groups in the delivery of A&R projects, supporting the development of internal engineering and software/data control competencies where required.

Key skills/qualifications that will help you succeed in this role:Relevant scientific or engineering degree with a strong learning agility Experience of robotics and automation projects within an R&D setting Ability to deliver complex projects on time and to budget, with an understanding of workflow design and ensuring process requirements are captured and fully delivered Strong team player, collaborative style and excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence across multi-disciplined teams Experience of developing successful business cases with substantiated financial benefits Ability to successfully deliver change to end users, outlining the key benefits of new ways of working, as well as defining and facilitating the delivery of training Ability to create and manage external partnerships, including the management of commercially confidential information and IP

Even if you only match some of the skills, we'd love to hear from you to discuss further!
What we offer:
We make sure salaries are fair, competitive and aligned to individual roles, experience and responsibilities. We are also supportive of hybrid and flexible working and where applicable, offer life, medical and other benefits that support our employees' financial and physical wellbeing, such as:Retirement savings Share plans Saving accounts House saving funds Life and disability insurance Commuter allowances and loans Medical plans / health assessments Fitness discounts

Ready to make a meaningful impact on your career and the environment? Join us and help shape a sustainable future while advancing your career!
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