Salary range: Competitive
FTE: 1 (35 hours/week)
Term: Open Contract
Closing date: 6 January 2023
We are the
University of Strathclyde. Our vision is innovative and ground breaking,
placing us amongst the world’s leading international technological
universities. We are dynamic and passionate about solving the challenges facing
society and industry through our cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research,
education and knowledge-exchange with global partners.
The University is situated in the heart of Glasgow, with an international community
including 22,000 students and more than 3,000 staff from 100 countries.
Strathclyde is ‘the place of useful learning’ and is recognised internationally
for its close working relationships with businesses and its partnerships with
industry, government and industry. The University is focused on recruiting the
best academic talent to enhance both research intensity and leadership in areas
of strategic importance, and is also investing heavily in new facilities.
The Department of Design,
Manufacturing and Engineering Management (DMEM) is an internationally
leading department, Delivering Total
Engineering for responsible and sustainable
futures. We seek to appoint a Professor/Reader in Engineering Systems
Management. This post is envisaged to start as soon as possible and is part of
a wider talent and thought leader recruitment strategy.
DMEM brings together expertise in creative-
and engineering design, manufacturing and engineering operations management. Our research centres and groups
focus on through-life product- and system
development, with core research themes being
creativity and innovation, materials
exploration, sustainability and technology. We
are proud of our substantial and well-established collaborations with academic
and industrial partners throughout the world. With more than 150 staff
including the technical specialist centres, more than 100 Postgraduate Research
(PGR) students both PhD and EngD, and more than 650 students from over 30
nations, we are a vibrant, international community. Come join, collaborate,
innovate, and lead.
Are you passionate about working on global challenge and
societal transitions, including sustainability, health, food systems,
manufacturing systems? And are you thriving on theory-driven and
empirically-validated research excellence, learning and teaching with and for
engineering leaders of the
future? We’d love to hear from you with research interests especially in
digitalisation of production- and service systems, smart and green engineering systems management,
understanding and management of complex engineering projects, e.g. in manufacturing,
in health, or in the industrial ecology more widely. Come join with your
passion for tackling societal challenges and your disciplinary expertise. This may include but not limited to engineering project and
programme management, large- or mega project management, technology management,
computational- or behavioural operations-
and supply chain management, or industrial- and systems engineering.
Engineering management is a rapidly developing and important area. Come with
your expertise and you will be given the space to develop and grow.
Excellence in engineering management is
high on the priority list of both the University and the Scottish and UK
governments. The UK government has also emphasised strengthening the future of
UK manufacturing and supply chain infrastructure as a key initiative. The government highlights
that UK manufacturing contributes £148b GVA and employs over 2.6m people, with
many suppliers now coming from overseas. There is a need for “reshoring” and
developing the UK manufacturing supply chain with an estimated £30b opportunity
that could be realised with commensurate job opportunities.
The post aligns also well with the growth ambitions within the
strategic plans as defined by the University, Faculty and the Department for
Vision2025. In particular, enabling the growth and expansion of funded research
and Knowledge Exchange (KE) projects in the priority University related theme
of Advanced Manufacturing, with a focus on engineering operations management, and
business and industry engagement.
DMEM have an attractive portfolio
of courses in engineering design, manufacturing and engineering management Engineering
management is at the core of the Department’s current educational offerings
across 7 Undergraduate (UG) and 14 Postgraduate Taught (PGT) and to-date 14
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programmes. This includes Engineering
Project Management, Manufacturing Engineering with Management, Engineering
Management for Process Excellence, Digital Manufacturing, Supply Chain &
Sustainability Management, Systems Engineering Management, Mechatronics and
Automation, Product Design Engineering, Product Design Innovation, Technology
and Innovation Management, Introduction to Systems Thinking, People,
Organisation and Leadership, Strategic Technology Selection for Digital
Transformation, Lean Six Sigma, or Advanced Project Management). The full portfolio
is accessible on the Department website.
Over recent years, Strathclyde in general and DMEM in particular has
positioned itself well to deliver across these areas with collaborative teams
across the University incorporating resources and expertise from Business,
Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Engineering faculties. This
capability is exemplified through cross-department and faculty initiatives such
as Strathclyde’s Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), AFRC, NMIS and
Glasgow City Innovation District (GCID) and Advanced Manufacturing Innovation
District Scotland (AMIDS). The position provides an essential resource in a
critical area that underpins the whole identity and activities of DMEM and will
provide leadership to SIOM, leading the evolution of SIOM into a broader
initiative at the interface between engineering and business as well as
directly supporting University strategic initiatives in advanced manufacturing such
as AFRC, CMAC, NMIS and wider KE industrial engagement.
To be considered for the role you will have a good honours degree and
PhD (or significant relevant experience) in an engineering management related
discipline. You will have research experience and interests consistent with the
strategic direction of the Department, Faculty and University and you will have
experience of research leadership, including support of senior researchers in a
University or industrial environment and management of research
teams/projects/programmes. You will support of early and mid-career academic
staff within the research group, helping to ensure they reach their full
potential. You will have extensive experience of delivering high quality
teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students including experience of developing
and managing large teaching programmes and you will have experience of PhD/EngD
research project supervision in Higher Education. You will have an
outstanding/sustained track record of published research in high quality
publications demonstrating standards of excellence, with an international
reputation. You will have an outstanding/substantial track record of securing
research funding through relevant successful collaborative research grant
applications and you will have an established national/international reputation
as an expert and leader within Engineering Systems Management. You will
be an excellent educator and mentor and will show leadership in identifying key
research questions and attracting funding support. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong
people skills and an ability to operate as part of a team.
Appointments will be made at a level appropriate to a
successful candidate’s experience and career stage. In addition to the position
described here, the Global Talent Programme makes clear the University’s
commitment to attracting world leading academics to Scotland. The University is
also committed to developing the next generation of leaders, nurturing talented
individuals through the early stages of their career and providing the
opportunities for professional rewards and ‘making a difference’.
Informal enquiries about the post
can be directed to Professor Anja
Maier, HoD,via email anja.maier@strath.ac.uk.
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