Senior Lecturer, Engineering Management & Projects

Job Overview

We seek to appoint a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor with expertise in Engineering Project Management, Industrial Engineering or related areas to join the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The postholder will contribute to the delivery, development, and enhancement of teaching across the engineering management provision within the department's undergraduate and postgraduate portfolio. They will also undertake research within this field. Key areas of teaching include the project lifecycle, risk management, quality systems, ISO 9001 standards, operations management and resource optimisation. The role includes course leadership for the MSc in Engineering Management with module leadership, integrative project supervision, curriculum development, and contribution to student achievement.

Responsibilities

• Lead teaching, curriculum design, and assessment in Engineering Management courses.
• Supervise student projects and dissertations.
• Develop and deliver modules, including practical methods such as PERT, Value Stream Mapping, discrete event simulation.
• Contribute to departmental activities, including IMechE accreditation and student led teams.
• Engage in research and scholarly activity, potentially applying methods such as Life Cycle Assessment or Multi-Criteria Decision Making.

Qualifications

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Project Management or a related discipline.
• Strong commitment to high quality teaching, student achievement, and research.
• Solid experience with relevant practical methods and software tools.
• Experience with student support and project supervision.
• Organisational, interpersonal and collaborative skills.
• Commitment to inclusive, practice led engineering education.

Salary

This is a full time, permanent position with a starting salary of £50,160 per annum for a Senior Lecturer and £60,996 per annum for an Associate Professor, depending on the skills and experience of the successful applicant.