Job Description

 

Mechanical Engineering Sciences

Location: Guildford
Salary: £45,585 to £64,946 per annum and dependent on level of appointment
Post Type: Full Time
Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on Wednesday 30 August 2023
Reference: 038623

About us

The University of Surrey is an international university with a world-class teaching and research profile and an enterprising spirit. The School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences (MES) and its degree programmes, are rated in the top 10 in the UK league tables and top 100 in the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. MES undertakes research and teaching within three closely related themes of resilience, green living and living, drawing on research and teaching strengths in mechanical, aerospace, automotive, materials and biomedical engineering; and is a major contributor to the research and teaching activities of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and the University as a whole.

We are home to five Research Centres, in Automotive Engineering, Aerodynamics and Environmental Flow, Biomedical Engineering, Energy, and Engineering Materials. The School is home to around 45 academic members of staff, 700 undergraduate students and 100 doctoral students and 40 research, technical and administrative staff. Each of our research centres are supported by cutting edge experimental facilities including advanced microscopy and surface analysis, wind tunnels, mechanical and vibration testing, design centre, and mechanical workshops. We are also home to a Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre, a NERC-National Centre for Atmospheric Sciences and AWE Centre of Excellence in Materials Ageing, Performance and Life Prediction. Our two new Institutes People Centred Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability, hold strong resonance with activities undertaken MES.

About the role

The School is seeking to build on its engineering heritage through a strategic growth of our research and teaching activity across the three connected grand challenges of resilience, healthy living and clean living. We are looking to recruit a number of individuals to join our team to build on our strengths and make a positive contribution to the world at large. We are particularly interested in talking to candidates with strengths and experience in biomimetic engineering, robotics and sensors; sustainability,  resilient and adaptive structures and materials; and design as applied to the School strategic areas. Across these areas the successful candidate would be expected to contribute to the broader themes of engineering ethics, governance and professional behaviour to help produce high quality graduates and contribute to wider societal needs.

• Ideally you should be able to teach modules across our core undergraduate programmes as well as supporting the broader research activity and postgraduate student supervision.
• We value staff who are able to enthuse and inspire our students and researchers in their work. Inventive and forward thinking, our heritage shows a recurring theme of doing things differently and achieving notable results.

About you

• A track record in securing research income through individual bids and supporting collaborative bids as co-investigator.
• Expertise in appropriate area aligned to the role.
• Track record of demonstrating impact via knowledge transfer, publishing in high quality peer reviewed journals.
• Experience in developing and delivering high quality teaching at degree and/or masters level in subjects aligned with the School’s strategic priorities.

Please refer to the role profile for the full list of responsibilities and essential experience required.

Benefits

In addition to a sector-leading salary you will receive a generous annual leave entitlement and excellent development opportunities. Our benefits package includes discounted membership to the Surrey Sports Park, nursery on site and relocation assistance (subject to meeting certain criteria).

We take a modern approach to blended working, with flexibility around whether our teams work from home or from our beautiful campus here on Stag Hill, in the Surry town of Guildford. Surrey is a place where your work-life balance matters, you can bring your whole self to work, and you can believe in what you do.

For informal information please contact our Head of School Professor Robert Dorey (r.dorey@surrey.ac.uk).

To apply please complete the application form, attach your CV and a covering letter.

Interviews planed for Wednesday 13th September 2023.

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