KTP Associate in Sustainable Cementitious Materials

You will be employed within the School of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. This role is located at MONE Brothers Excavations Ltd., Albert Street, Morley, Leeds LS27 8RU
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This role is for a 24 months, fixed period to complete specific time limited work.

As a KTP Associate in Sustainable Cementitious Materials, you will lead the development of processing Filter Cake Clay—a by-product of aggregate washing—into a low-carbon Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM). This broad role involves material characterisation, thermal activation and grinding of the filter cake material. This will be followed by optimising hydration kinetics in cement blends, and performance testing of concretes containing novel SCM.

The role will also involve environmental assessments of the SCM and resultant concrete. Additionally, you will develop manufacturing protocols, compliance documentation, and knowledge transfer to integrate these innovations into the business. As a successful candidate, you will ideally possess an engineering background and expertise in sustainable materials, as this project combines advanced research with practical industrial application.

You will be an employee of the University of Leeds and will have access to university facilities. However, you will be based at the company premises, working to their terms. You will have access to the University’s USS pension scheme, with generous employer contributions.

In addition to the salary quoted there is a Personal Development budget of £4,000 available for the successful candidate.

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route, but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information please visit:

For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information please visit:

• ACADEMIC SUPERVISOR
  Dr. Yuvaraj Dhandapani - Lecturer in Mineral Scaling
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• Company Supervisor
  Dr Denis Greene
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• INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATOR
  James Hartford - Innovation Support Officer (University of Leeds)
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