AI-Driven Predictive Maintenance Specialist (KTP)

Aston University; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£2000 development budget

25 days annual leave

Mentorship & guidance

Aston Wellbeing support

Job summary

Aston University invites applications for a KTP Associate to lead the development of an AI-powered predictive and prescriptive maintenance system for Genie UK's lifting equipment within the LiftConnect platform.

You will develop intelligent data-quality agents, deploy scalable predictive models, and build operational dashboards while ensuring methodologies, training and workshops are delivered to embed the solution commercially.

Qualifications

• PhD level in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Data Science, Control Engineering or related field.
• Experience leading technically complex predictive maintenance or industrial analytics projects.
• Experience with data-quality agents, predictive modeling across machine families, and prescriptive decision support.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of an AI-driven predictive and prescriptive maintenance system for Genie’s LiftConnect platform.
• Develop data-quality agents and transferable predictive models.
• Create prescriptive decision support and operational dashboards.
• Deliver methodologies, documentation, training and workshops for embedding the solution in the business.
• Coordinate with service, project management, organisational change, parts, data, telematics and commercial teams.

Skills

SQL & Power BI

Time-series analysis

Python (PyTorch/TensorFlow)

Cloud ML / AWS SageMaker

LLM development (RAG)

Industrial analytics

Business awareness

Data analysis tools

Education

PhD in AI/CS/Data Science

Tools

SQL

Power BI

AWS SageMaker

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Aston University invites applications for a KTP Associate to lead the development of an AI-powered predictive and prescriptive maintenance system for Genie UK's lifting equipment within the LiftConnect platform.

You will develop intelligent data-quality agents, deploy scalable predictive models, and build operational dashboards while ensuring methodologies, training and workshops are delivered to embed the solution commercially.