Lecturer in Civil and Construction Engineering

The full-time starting salary is normally £42,860.00 per annum, with progression available in post to £46,586.00 per annum.

Birmingham City University is a large and diverse place to study right in the heart of the city and we currently have an exciting opportunity for a Lecturer in Civil and Construction Engineering to join our dynamic team. The role will suit an experienced individual, either via prior academic or postdoctoral appointments, looking to advance their career while looking after a modern campus receiving significant investment. 

You will be responsible to carry out Teaching in our home (UG and PGT), and Degree Apprentice schemes, within the Subject areas of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Digital Built Environment. You should be an aspirational academic, research active and with expertise in Cost Management, Civils Quantification and Cost and/or in other areas in Civil and Construction Engineering.

Through effective participation in the Civil and Environmental Engineering and Digital Built Environment Subject areas, the individual appointed will:

• Play a lead role in the successful delivery of UG, Degree apprentices and PGR schemes.
• Develop a research programme of studies, leading to successful REFable journal outcomes.
• Prepare and submit grant proposal and obtain research and enterprise income.
• Support the Subject Leads and the Head of College in proper execution of administrative duties.

You will be educated to PhD Level in Civil or Construction Engineering or other related discipline, and a relevant professional qualification is desirable. You will hold an excellent research track record of published journal outputs to-date, and have experience of working in a demanding academic setting.

For further information please contact the Subject Lead for Civil and Environmental Engineering, Dr Panagiotis Patlakas, panagiotis.patlakas@bcu.ac.uk.

FACULTY OF COMPUTING, ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

In the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment (CEBE), we work to apply abstract intelligence to make a better, safer, smarter society. We have a strong emphasis on STEAM, with some of our teaching taking place in our award-winning new STEAMhouse building, where disciplines combine to solve real-world problems. 

Our experts across the Faculty work not only with one another but across a wide range of disciplines, to solve real-world problems, and encourage and foster this spirit of Innovation in our students. Together, they are able to respond dynamically to the multiple modern technological challenges posed by fast-paced industries.

Across the Faculty, we integrate teaching with research, innovation and enterprise. We work closely with our industry partners to ensure that we are developing skills in our graduates that equips them for emerging careers and the future of work. We are fully committed to practice-driven experimental and flipped learning – harnessing the strength of employer relationships for the benefit of our students – who then go on to make a significant impact on society through their ideas, their work and their expertise.

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About Us

At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK’s second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.

Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.

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