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College of Engineering, Mathematics & Physical Sciences

This full-time permanent post is available immediately in the Department of Engineering which is part of the College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences. 

Engineering currently has over 80 academic staff working across the engineering field from microelectronics to renewable energy and from computational engineering to water engineering. 

The role

The post of Lecturer in Computational Engineering will extend our research in this field and join our Computational Engineering Group. The person appointed will contribute to high quality research, and deliver teaching in core and advanced Mechanical Engineering subjects.

About you

You will have:

• A PhD or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or suitable related discipline
• A strong record in attracting funding for research, or demonstrate potential to attract such funding
• An active approach to inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research
• Enthusiasm for delivering high quality Mechanical Engineering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
• Involvement in projects which develop impact.

Please ensure you read our Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role, attached above.

The University of Exeter is a Russell Group university in the top 200 of universities worldwide. We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, and have achieved a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2017. We have over 25,000 students and 5000 staff from 180 different countries and have been rated the WhatUni2017 International Student Choice. Our research focuses on some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today, with 98% of our research rated as being of international quality in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners.

What we can offer you

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research;
• Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development
• Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career

• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a new Fertility Treatment Policy

• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon

For an informal and confidential discussion about the post please contact Professor Tim Dodwell, Chair in Computational Mechanics (01392 725899, t.dodwell@exeter.ac.uk) Professor Gavin Tabor, Chair in Computational Fluid Dynamics (01392 723662, g.r.tabor@exeter.ac.uk) or Professor David Butler, Head of Engineering (01392 724064, d.butler@exeter.ac.uk).