Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering

Locations: Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment (On-site)

The full-time starting salary is normally £62,955.00 per annum, with progression available in post to £68,427.00 per annum. 

We invite applications to join our Civil and Environmental Engineering team at Birmingham City University’s College of the Built Environment at Associate Professor level. Located in a modern £300M campus in the heart of Birmingham City Centre, the College is a thriving, vibrant, and inspiring learning community committed to excellence in research, high quality teaching, and industrial engagement. Building on continuous success in student growth and in sustained advancement of research activities, the College has embarked on a programme of extensive expansion funded by substantial long-term investment.

We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with experience in at least one of the following areas:

• Environmental Engineering and contaminant control in Aqueous Environments
• Climate Change
• Sustainability in Civil Engineering 

For this role we will consider applicants both with an industry and a research background. 

You will use appropriate learning, teaching, support and assessment methods to ensure that an excellent student experience is provided. You will conduct high quality research leading to publications in leading academic journals and develop bids and partnerships for research funding. You will also contribute to the design and development of high quality, up-to-date courses in Civil Engineering and related disciplines, and act as a Course Lead for the BEng in Civil and Environmental Engineering UG scheme.

You will have a PhD in an Environmental Engineering or in a related Civil Engineering related topic, or equivalent industrial experience (typically demonstrated by Chartered status). You will have high-level knowledge, skill, and expertise in Environmental Engineering along with the ability to teach core civil engineering topics at undergraduate level, and Environmental Engineering UG modules, including leading fieldwork activities. You will have excellent presentation and teaching skills, as demonstrated by Higher Education teaching experience or regular presentations to industry. You will also be eligible for Chartered Engineer status with a related professional body. A strong record of research, as evidence by high quality research publications, along with industry experience with a UK-based Environmental Engineering consultant or contractor is desirable.

For an informal discussion of the post, please contact Panagiotis Patlakas, Head of Subject for Civil and Environmental Engineering (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.

Apply Before: 11/05/2025, 23:59