AI-Enabled Business Intelligence and Automation Engineer (KTP Associate)

Job Details

• Employer: Teesside University
• Location: Middlesbrough
• Salary: £31,500 - £38,000
• Closing date listed: 25 October 2026
• Project duration: 30 months

About the Role

Build an AI-assisted business intelligence platform for Unity World Ltd through a partnership with Teesside University. The platform will connect systems, data, workflows and reporting so staff can make better-informed business decisions.

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) brings a university and a business together to apply research to a practical business project.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of the KTP work plan with support from company and academic supervisors.
• Review business processes, existing data systems and operational technology.
• Review relevant research and methods.
• Design a unified data structure that connects information from different sources.
• Develop AI-assisted operational tools and integrate large language models.
• Test the platform in a pilot environment, including security and data governance checks.
• Integrate and deploy the platform, provide technical support and train users.
• Contribute to wider rollout and possible software-as-a-service commercialisation.
• Co-author research papers, present findings and contribute to project evaluation and final reports.
• Follow health and safety, equality and data protection requirements, including GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Essential Requirements

• The advert says applicants must understand how a KTP works across the university and business partners.

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Desirable Experience

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Benefits and Support

• Support from business and University supervisors.
• Experience developing, testing and deploying an AI-enabled platform in a working business.
• Opportunities to contribute to research papers and presentations.

About the Employer

Unity World Ltd provides technology and IT services, including telecommunications, cloud hosting, data centres, software development and hardware sales. The saved advert lists a team of 18 staff.