Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering (FM12316)

Job title Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering

Department Mechanical Engineering

Salary Starting from £46,485, rising to £55,295

Grade Grade 8

Contract Type Full Time, Open Ended

Placed on Thursday 12 December 2024

Closing date Sunday 12 January 2025

Interview date To be confirmed

Reference FM12316

Applicant Visa Guidance Skilled Worker visa: guidance for applicants (bath.ac.uk)

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We are seeking a Lecturer to join the Department of Mechanical Engineering, undertaking high-quality research and teaching. We are particularly interested in disciplinary research expertise in one of the following areas:

These research areas are aligned with Faculty research centres, including IAAPS, a world-leading centre of excellence supporting the transport industry in the transition to net zero. Teaching will support our MEng undergraduate degree programmes, including Mechanical, Aerospace, Automotive, Manufacturing and Management, Integrated Design, and Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, as well as new MSc programmes under development. Our degree programmes have an outstanding reputation built on industry-linked teaching, rigorous academic standards, placement-provision, and graduate employability. As well as lecturing, you will be expected to participate in supervising students undertaking significant individual and group projects encompassing research or design activities.

We are one of the leading Mechanical Engineering departments in the UK and provide a progressive academic environment. You will benefit from the supportive, collaborative and well-organised Department and Faculty system at the University.

You will have a PhD (or equivalent) and developing research track record in one of the above areas. You will be expected to publish high-quality research papers, supervise postgraduate research students, and have the potential to apply for and attract significant external research funding. You will also engage with one or more of our Faculty-wide inter-disciplinary research centres covering energy (generation, transmission and storage, including future fuels), Net Zero, biomedical engineering, sustainability and climate change adaptation.

You will be a kind and culturally aware leader who fosters an environment where every individual is valued and respected, regardless of their background or identity. You will understand that change is inevitable and necessary, actively encouraging your team to adapt and evolve. By promoting a culture of openness and inclusivity, you will create a dynamic and empowered team that can thrive in today's changing world.

As well as your online application, you must provide the following uploaded as additional documents (these are mandatory):

You may upload other documents if you wish.

Within the selection process, you will normally be required to give a presentation to academic staff in the Department before being shortlisted for formal interview.

There is a strong culture of providing newly appointed lecturers the necessary support and freedom to develop their academic careers. We would like you to have the future ambition to take on leadership roles within and/or outside the Department at an appropriate stage in your career. These roles can lead to promotion and the University has a well-established career progression route for academic staff.

Informal enquiries about the post may be made to either:

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We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.