Contract Manager Mechanical Engineering

Ben jij een organisatorische kartrekker met technische kennis die energie krijgt van samenwerken? Dan hebben wij een mooie uitdaging voor jou!

In deze rol ben je dé schakel tussen de Universiteit Twente en onze werktuigbouwkundige partners. Jij zorgt ervoor dat contracten soepel verlopen, projecten op rolletjes draaien en dat iedereen het beste uit zichzelf haalt.

Wat ga je doen?

Als Projectmedewerker/Contractmanager Werktuigbouwkunde ben je verantwoordelijk voor het beheren en optimaliseren van onze contracten. Je houdt overzicht, bewaakt kwaliteit en budgetten, en weet onze partners te motiveren om samen de lat steeds hoger te leggen. Concreet betekent dit dat je je bezighoudt met:

• Adviseren en deelnemen aan projecten binnen de universiteit.
• Coördineren van de uitvoering door externe partijen.
• Bijdragen aan proces- en productverbetering.
• Afstemmen met opdrachtgevers en gebruikers.
• Actief beheren van contracten, inclusief kwaliteits- en budgetbewaking.
• Offertes aanvragen en beoordelen.
• Voorstellen doen voor verbeteringen aan installaties en deze (laten) uitvoeren.
• Diagnoses stellen bij complexe storingen.
• Opstellen van projectplannen en vertalen van onderhoudsbehoeften naar programma’s van eisen.
• Volgen van de laatste ontwikkelingen en regelgeving binnen jouw vakgebied.

Wie ben jij?

• Je bent een energieke en communicatie sterke professional die graag verantwoordelijkheden neemt
• Je hebt een afgeronde opleiding Werktuigbouwkunde of een aanverwante installatietechnische richting (sanitair, koel-, verwarmings- en luchtbehandelingstechniek).
• Ervaring met contract- en/of projectmanagement, bij voorkeur in een technische of academische omgeving.
• Sterke sociale en organisatorische vaardigheden: je weet mensen mee te nemen en te motiveren.
• Analytisch vermogen met oog voor detail, gecombineerd met een pragmatische en oplossingsgerichte aanpak.
• Een proactieve houding en hands-on mentaliteit.

Postdoc Neuro-Inclusive Participatory Interaction Design

The challenge

Children on the autism spectrum and their others often experience communication challenges. This can have severe impact on educational and societal outcomes later in life. Traditionally, autism is seen as a neurodevelopmental social deficit. A new wave of ethically informed design-research instead addresses the challenge by taking a neurodiversity perspective. In this perspective, autism is seen as one neurodiversity amongst others.

Based on this perspective University of Twente will start a large, transdisciplinary research project, CO-INTEND. We will develop novel, ‘neuro-inclusive’ supportive interaction technologies. We aim to support autistic children, and their others in social interactions, acknowledging a diversity of interaction needs. We will co-design with research institutes, creative industry, elementary schools, experts-by-experience, therapists, and societal organisations.

We are looking for an independent post-doc, with multi-stakeholder project experience, to develop state-of-the-art, transdisciplinary, inclusive design frameworks, and support in daily management of a large multistakeholder research project.

Your responsibilities include

• Supporting daily management of a large transdisciplinary research consortium, including coordinating co-design case-studies, collaborating with two Ph.D. students, schools, industry- and societal partners.
• Investigating barriers and enablers for successful inclusive, technology mediated practices, integrating theory and practical insights into actionable design frameworks.
• Co-organizing multi-stakeholder reflection workshops and synthesizing transdisciplinary insights into concrete design implications.
• Disseminating project outcomes through publications, workshops, and public events.

You will be working in the Faculty of Engineering, embedded in the project COINTEND, working closely with research groups in Utrecht (HU), Nijmegen (Radboud and HAN), and Delft (TU). This position provides a unique opportunity to contribute to socially relevant transdisciplinary, participatory design research, while shaping the future of inclusive design in the Netherlands and beyond.

Postdoc position ‘Socio-political impacts and future adaptability of hydrogen systems’

In recent years, hydrogen is promoted as a versatile energy carrier expected to complement electrification efforts in enabling a profound transformation of energy systems and industry sectors, aimed at mitigating climate change. Still, the future role of hydrogen in the energy and raw materials systems may take very different forms, depending on technological, (geo)political, economic and social developments, ranging from regional to global scales. How these systems will take shape, in terms of technologies, infrastructures, (geo)spatial distribution, scale and related investment needs matters for how and which stakeholders are affected, who gains or loses power, and how benefits and burdens are distributed. Moreover, it affects which technical and geopolitical path dependencies and, on the other hand, which potential for adaptability emerges.

As the successful candidate you will compare different system configurations with regard to their socio-political impacts, their potential for adaptability and how stakeholders try to anticipate and cope with the related uncertainties. Methods will include qualitative interviews and scenario workshops. The position is embedded in the HySuccess project that is part of the national research and innovation programme Groenvermogen. In addition, you will contribute to a related project that studies the responsible design of electrolyzer materials.

Communciations Advisor

• Je bent adviseur en sparringpartner voor het faculteitsbestuur en wetenschappers van o.a. de faculteit BMS voor de verschillende communicatievraagstukken.
• Je bent verantwoordelijk voor het ontwikkelen en coördineren van communicatieactiviteiten rondom onderwijs, onderzoek en impact.
• Je vertaalt de UT brede communicatiestrategie (interne en externe communicatiestrategie) naar de faculteiten en adviseert de facultaire besturen en wetenschappers. Je zet adviezen om in een jaarplan met planning en een meetbare communicatieaanpak.
• Bij de content die je in de faculteit maakt, voor verschillende doelen en doelgroepen, denk je ook aan het belang van de UT als geheel en de positie van de faculteit daarbinnen.
• Je signaleert kansen en mogelijkheden in media en maatschappij en koppelt dat aan de doelen van de faculteit.
• Je werkt nauw samen met collega’s binnen het Education & Research Support (ERS) team, centrale dienst Marketing en Communicatie en andere facultaire professionals.

Facility/Equipment engineer MESA+ NanoLab

Within the framework of the European Chips Strategy, the MESA+ NanoLab at the University of Twente is involved in the creation of PIXEurope, starting the development of a European pilot line for photonic chips that aims to offer cutting-edge technological platforms, transforming and transferring innovative and disruptive integrated photonics processes and technologies to accelerate their industrial adoption. MESA+ Nanolab is investing in cleanroom infrastructure and personnel and further strengthen its activities in, amongst others, integrated photonics and quantum technology. We are seeking for a facility and equipment engineer with knowledge of cleanroom equipment and processes who will support the technical facility management of the NanoLab and also can support maintenance of equipment.

Essential Job Duties

• Planning and coordinating regular building maintenance with coordination of subcontractors
• Supervising (external) maintenance parties
• General tasks for the NanoLab like receiving guests, support of cleanroom users and starting up/shutting down the cleanroom.
• Troubleshooting with a systematic approach to problems.
• Project coordination and engineering for replacement and improvement proposals of building installations
• Project coordination and engineering for installation of new process equipment in the NanoLab
• Energy and environmental improvements to building installations and process equipment
• (Building up) thorough understanding and first-line maintenance capabilities of designated equipment and corresponding processes.
• Support of related documentation and reports (NIS).
• Training and education of new users on designated equipment.
• Facility management is primarily directed towards the MESA+ NanoLab but may also be partly oriented to the High Tech Factory.