Innovation Consultant – Construction Quality, Safety and Health (KTP Associate)

Innovation Consultant – Construction Quality, Safety and Health (KTP Associate): (Company Name - Subscribers only)

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About the role

(Company Name - Subscribers only) (UCL) wishes to appoint a Research Associate in Construction Quality, Safety and Health. UCL and Shirley Parsons are partnering through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). A national scheme which helps organisations innovate and grow by linking them with a university and a highly qualified graduate, known as a KTP Associate.

As part of this partnership, the successful candidate will be employed by UCL but embedded full-time within Shirley Parsons, working at the interface of consulting, data-driven innovation, and industry delivery.

This role is not a traditional academic position. The KTP Associate will work alongside world-leading academics and experienced industry practitioners on an innovative and scientifically rigorous project, translating research into practical, commercially deployable solutions.

This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on consulting and commercial experience, while contributing to the development of a new, industry-facing capability that aims to improve project outcomes, reduce risk, and enhance performance across the built environment.

This is a full-time post which has funding for 24 months in the first instance.

Visa Sponsorship

This role may be eligible for a skilled worker certificate of sponsorship based on individual circumstances or a global talent visa under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore, UCL welcomes applications from international applicants who require a visa.

About the project

The purpose of this KTP is to develop, validate and commercialise a new, evidence-based approach to improving Quality and Health & Safety (H&S) performance across the built environment sector.

This will involve creating predictive, data-driven tools that link Quality Management practices with H&S outcomes, enabling organisations to reduce rework, improve safety performance, and enhance project efficiency and cost certainty.

The role will focus on translating academic research and real-world data into practical, deployable solutions, which will be integrated into Shirley Parsons’ consultancy service model and applied across live client environments.

In practice, this will involve: * Analysing existing academic literature to connect Quality Management and H&S

• Designing and validating predicative tools by using public and commercial data in the UK construction and infrastructure sector
• Integrating research findings and predictive tools into Shirley Parsons’ consultancy service model to enhance project performance and deliver measurable value across client projects
• Engaging with senior professionals across the industry to ensure outputs are suitable for use

Funding dictates that the maximum salary for this post will be £43,482 (per annum), equivalent to Grade 7, spinal point 34 (without London Allowance).

About you

The successful applicant will be expected to:

• Examine industry’s typical approach to quality management establish requirements and proof of market for our approach to Quality, Failure, Health and Safety (QFHS) data management. (we have done proof of market already; it is getting approval for our approach which is needed)
• Investigate patterns in quality, health and safety management data (e.g., compliance, pre-construction information, phasing, risk management/investigation/site-control, and other documentation).
• Identify a sample of client organisations implementing disciplined quality management processes, industry quality managers, and datasets that can be used to prove the practical implementation of the QFHS approach and its potential impact on outcomes.
• Examine the connection between quality management practices and health and safety data within building and infrastructure client projects.
• Develop new QFHS practices, tools and services.
• Identify projects to test and implement the new QFHS practices and tools and then commission a development team funded by clients and capable of exploitation.
• Evaluate and Further Develop the QFHS Approach, Case Studies and Evidence-Based SP Toolset.
• Make recommendations for quality, health and safety management policies and processes in the industry.

The appointee is required to have a minimum 2:1 postgraduate degree or PhD in construction project management, civil engineering, engineering management, occupational health and safety or a related field, and experience in conducting applied research independently.

They will also have experience in the construction industry and good knowledge of quality, health and safety management or construction project delivery at the practical implementation level.

The successful candidate will have good stakeholder and relationship management skills to manage the partnership and work effectively with staff from the KTP project, UCL, SP and their clients.

Appointment to the higher Grade 7 salary requires a completed PhD. Otherwise, appointment will be at Grade 6:

Your application will be assessed based on how well the criteria set out in the person specification are met using examples to demonstrate this. Please read the Candidate Guidance document below.

A cover letter is required which addresses the criteria in the person specification, we recommend copying the criteria from the job description to include as headers in your supporting statement.

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What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits. Please visit to find out more.

London Allowance is not included in the salary as this post is not based in London.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here:

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.

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