Skip to main content

This job has expired

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Smart and Green Manufacturing

Employer
CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
Location
Cranfield, United Kingdom
Salary
Lecturer - £43,351 to £48,323 per annum / Senior Lecturer - £53,205 to £59,302 per annum
Closing date
13 Mar 2020

Job Details

Organisation Cranfield University
School/Department School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing
Based at Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Hours of work 37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered.
Contract type Permanent
Salary Lecturer - £43,351 to £48,323 per annum with additional performance related pay up to £60,403 per annum Senior Lecturer - £53,205 to £59,302 per annum with additional performance related pay up to £74,126 per annum
Posted Date 31/01/2020
Apply by 13/03/2020

Documents

The School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing (SATM) is a leading provider of postgraduate level engineering education, research and technology support to individuals and organisations. At the forefront of aerospace, manufacturing and transport systems technology and management for over 70 years, we deliver multi-disciplinary solutions to the complex challenges facing industry.

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Each of our four values are supported by a high-level statement and framework to guide the way we behave and shape our decisions, to find out more please visit our website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/about/about 

Cranfield Manufacturing is one of the eight themes at Cranfield University offering world-class and niche post-graduate level research, education, training and consultancy. We are unique in our multi-disciplinary approach by bringing together design, materials’ technology and management expertise. We link fundamental materials research with manufacturing to develop novel technologies and improve the science base of the manufacturing research. Our capabilities are unique, with a focus on simulation and modelling, and sustainability.  They also include work in composite manufacture, metallic glasses, nano-materials (graphene, coatings and sensors), low energy casting, thermal barrier coatings and Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM).

The successful candidate will join our Sustainable Manufacturing Systems Centre which focuses on sustainable manufacturing through the application of fundamental science and innovative thinking, providing best practice solutions for industry by adapting the research results for their use. 

This position focuses on undertaking a leading role in research in sustainable green manufacturing and the integration with smart manufacturing, and the teaching and management of postgraduate courses in related topics.

We are interested to hear from applicants with a track record in theoretical and practical knowledge in manufacturing management areas such as Clean / Green / Lean Manufacturing, Green operations, Management of sustainable operations, Circular economy technologies, Circular economy business models, Decarbonization, Dematerialization, Industry 4.0 and sustainability and Smart factories management. You will have a PhD in manufacturing, engineering, information technology or a related area. You will have experience in writing high quality papers in top rated journals and in developing research proposals. You must be proficient in oral and written communications and have a strong track record in publication. You must demonstrate the ability to engage with industry and wider stakeholders through your relevant experience.

Senior Lecturer: You will have a substantial reputation in your field and a proven track record of teaching and MSc/PhD supervision in a relevant aspect of manufacturing management. You will have a clear record of impact, having generated substantial and sustained research income, successfully securing funding from research councils. 

You will be expected to write and win funding for research proposals from RCUK, Innovate and Europe as well as directly from industry. Targets for such funding will be set annually through the Performance & Development Review process.

At Cranfield we value Diversity and Inclusion, and aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together harmoniously with dignity and respect and realise their full potential. For relevant schools: ‘To further demonstrate our commitment to progressing gender diversity in STEM, we are members of WES & Working Families, and sponsors of International Women in Engineering Day. 

Our equal opportunities and diversity monitoring has shown that that women and minority ethnic groups are currently underrepresented within the university and so we actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from these groups.

We actively consider flexible working options such as part-time, compressed or flexible hours and/or an element of homeworking, and commit to exploring the possibilities for each role.  To find out more, please visit https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/about/working-at-cranfield/diversity

Interviews to be held: 24 March 2020

Company

Cranfield is world-leading in its contribution to global innovation. With our emphasis on the aerospace, agrifood, defence and security, environmental technology, leadership and management, manufacturing and transport systems sectors, we have changed the way society thinks, works and learns.

We generate and transform knowledge, translating it to the benefit of society. Our partners, from micro SMEs to the largest blue-chip multinationals, from governments across the world to NGOs and charities, tell us this is what they value about Cranfield.

Innovation is part of Cranfield’s ‘corporate DNA’, evolved over 60 years of commitment to this agenda.

Our work informs policy for governments and produces new technologies and products for the world of commerce. We draw on this pool of research and consultancy to provide our students with a distinctive ‘real-world’ learning environment, allowing them to develop as professionals and transfer their new knowledge to the global economy. This has always been the ‘Cranfield way’ but it has never been more important than in today’s world.

People are key to our competitive advantage and so we need to attract, develop and retain the best talent for our business. We aim to create a culture where you can flourish and succeed and, in turn, contribute towards Cranfield’s success.

Company info
Telephone
+(44)01234 750111
Location
CRANFIELD
CRANFIELD
BEDFORDSHIRE
MK43 0AL
United Kingdom

Get job alerts

Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.

Create alert