Senior Lecturer / Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Environment

The Faculty of Engineering and Environment is passionate about the principles and applications of Science and Technology in all its forms and strives to be excellent in research, teaching and innovation.Working within the Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, you will provide expertise in an area of Mechanical Engineering to further enhance research, teaching and entrepreneurial activities. This will include designing, developing and delivering high quality teaching activities, undertaking individual and joint research to produce quality academic outputs and inform teaching and participating in external activity to generate income and promote the subject.  

Mechanical Engineering has particular strengths in Renewable & Sustainable Energy, Fluid Mechanics & Thermodynamics, Materials and Product Development & Manufacturing Technology. We are particularly looking for candidates with expertise in Applied Mechanics, Engineering Design or Systems Engineering, however, we welcome applications from any relevant area of Mechanical Engineering.

You will contribute to the Department to further enhance research, teaching and enterprise.  This will include designing, developing and delivering high-quality teaching & learning activities, undertaking individual and collaborative research to generate high-quality academic publications and inform teaching, and participating in external activity to generate income and promote the Department and its subject areas

The successful candidate must hold a first degree and be qualified to doctoral level in a relevant discipline, with specialist knowledge gained through research activity, professional practice or consultancy. A proven ability to deliver high quality research and teaching is essential, together with an appropriate publication profile and track record of bidding for external income. 

For informal enquiries about this vacancy, please contact Professor Laurent Dala: laurent.dala@northumbria.ac.uk  

To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now',  and submit a Covering Letter and your CV, including a full list of publications where relevant and any documents specifically requested in the Role Description and Person Specification, such as a sample of written work or journal article. 

Northumbria University takes pride in, and values, the quality and diversity of our staff. We welcome applications from all members of the community. The University holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award in recognition of our commitment to improving employment practices for the advancement of gender equality and is a member of the Euraxess network, which delivers information and support to professional researchers. 
 
Please note this vacancy will close on 01/04/2020