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Form of work
Salary:
Lecturer Grade F: £39,347 to £44,263 per annum
Lecturer Grade G: £45,585 to £54,395 per annum
Senior Lecturer Grade H: £56,021 to £64,914 per annum
Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Closing Date: 14 July 2024
The Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join one of the leading Engineering Schools in the UK where you will support and inspire the next generation of Newcastle University graduates.
Delivering at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level you will have an outstanding record in a priority area of the Mechanical Engineering & Marine Technology discipline where broad areas of Marine Technology with an emphasis on net zero shipping and logistics systems as well as Engineering Materials and Tribology are of particular importance at this time.
We especially seek expertise in Design, manufacture and development of materials used in Mechanical applications and/or enhancing tribological performance of surfaces in support of our research themes directed at decarbonisation of power systems through enhanced mechanical system efficiency. This is particularly relevant to our electrification focussed research where novel surface engineering and lubrication approaches work to enhance efficiency as part of the drive to meet net zero targets.
In support of Marine Technology and Shipping we also seek to enhance expertise in areas including:
- analysing shipping and logistics systems
- helping transport operations to become both greener and smarter
- investigating pathways to net zero intermodal transport
- exploiting the potential of logistics data
- maximising the potential of intelligent and smart systems
- enhancing transport safety, cyber security and resilience.
By supporting research themes within either the Marine, Offshore and Subsea Technology (MOST) or Design, Manufacturing and Materials (DMM) Academic Groups, you will have an interdisciplinary ambition that will strengthen the already successful research activity within the group by addressing major research challenges, attracting grant income, generating high quality impact outcomes and expanding existing capability in the School and University.
You will lead and/or contribute towards the planning, governance and delivery of innovative and inspiring taught programmes, modules and a range of high-quality teaching and learning resources within the Group, as well as industry engagement and supporting our wider skills offering.
We promote excellence by creating an inclusive culture and environment where shared practice is the norm. We pool our resources and our networks, within the university, the UK and across the world, to drive innovation and creativity for a healthy planet and society. To complement this team, we seek an excellent researcher and educator. Our primary criteria are excellence in research and teaching and commitment to our ethos of creativity and collegiality. You will benefit from access to excellent research groups and facilities.
As a School of Engineering that strives to provide an outstanding educational experience, rooted in strong engineering disciplines, this position provides a significant opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration, within a successful and supportive environment.
We have invested £110m in a state-of-the-art hub for engineering research and education. The new Stephenson Building complex, that will open its doors in September 2023, will co-locate industry partners and provide business and community engagement facilities.
The School of Engineering is home to 15 outstanding research groups. The quality of our research is evidenced by the latest REF results. We were ranked 10th for the quality of our research outputs with 46% of outputs assessed as world-leading.
To view the full job description, please click here.
To apply, please upload the following supporting documents in the format of one PDF document:
- Full CV
- Teaching statement (1-2 pages)
- Research statement (2-3 pages)
- Publication list, which should identify your 3 most relevant/representative publications
This is a two stage recruiting process. This means we will be holding presentations as the initial assessment followed by interviews for shortlisted candidates.
Presentations will be held on the afternoon of 01 August 2024. Interviews will be held on the afternoon of 29 August.
Please reach out to Brian.shaw@newcastle.ac.uk to discuss this role should you have any questions.
Newcastle University is home to the £30 million National Innovation Centre for Data and partners with the Alan Turing Institute. We host one of the Academic Centres in Cyber Security Research and are a founding member of the PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for IoT Systems. Our Urban Observatory has the largest set of publicly available real-time urban data in the UK. We host the Faraday Institution North East, to recognise the importance of the region as a key centre of battery research, innovation, skills and production and have established Driving the Electric Revolution (DER) North East Industrialisation Centre (part of a £30M national project led by Newcastle) to enable faster collaborative research and development of electric machines. We lead on several EPSRC CDTs and are home to the £20M UKRI GCRF Hubs in Water Security and Sustainable Development, and Living Deltas. We have long-standing strategic partnerships with, for example, Siemens, including a Siemens Mindsphere lab for digital twinning, and Northumbrian Water, including the BEWISe facility at their north east treatment plant which is the first of its type in Europe in large-scale wastewater treatment research using bacteria.
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At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC. We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.
In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.
Requisition ID: 27208
