Background

Applications are invited for a lecturer level appointment in Chemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering within the School of Engineering at the University of Manchester, with a research focus on digital manufacturing. There are two positions available. The successful candidate(s) will join a dynamic research environment at an exciting time to further develop the Department’s research profile. The ideal candidate will be expected to develop their own academic research programme and will be expected to collaborate with other researchers within the Department and further afield in the University. The University actively fosters a culture of inclusion and diversity and seeks to achieve true equality of opportunity for all members of its community. In addition, the School’s Athena SWAN Bronze Award recognises its commitment to promote women in science, engineering and technology. We, therefore, welcome applications from all sections of society.

The University of Manchester

The University of Manchester (www.manchester.ac.uk)enjoys a global reputation for its research and its innovative approach to learning, with an on-going £1 billion investment in facilities, staff and buildings. This builds on our tradition of success that stretches back over 180 years. The birth of the modern computer, the splitting of the atom, the founding principles of modern economics, the discovery of graphene, and the birthplace of chemical engineering these and many more world changing innovations have their roots at our University. We are at the forefront of the search for solutions to some of the world's most pressing problems, boasting strong collaborative links with industry and public services.

School of Engineering

The School of Engineering is one of two large, multi-disciplinary Schools within the Faculty of Science and Engineering. The School delivers teaching and research activities across seven departments; Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Civil and Engineering Management.

The School’s purpose is to foster an environment and culture where people use curiosity and imagination to create engineering solutions and develop skills that have a positive impact on society and we believe we can’t do this without our people.

The School hosts around seven thousand undergraduate and postgraduate students with nearly 350 academic, 230 research and 180 professional services staff including technicians. Our interdisciplinary, research spans multiple themes including, robotics, nuclear, bioengineering, modelling, virtual engineering and resilient systems and is enabled by our world-class facilities and technical support. Social responsibility is at the centre of everything we do within the School whether that is our teaching and learning incorporating the UNs sustainable development goals, our research addressing societal grand challenges such as plastic usage, climate change or the ageing population as well as our commitment to supporting our students, staff and communities.

The School has initiatives to enhance the working environment of all staff including; staff engagement lunches, focused support groups, away days, wellbeing activities, training and development opportunities, mentoring, flexible working, social spaces, seminars, and volunteering opportunities.

The School welcomes applications from all sections of the community and are committed to having a representative workforce. We hold a Bronze Athena SWAN Award recognising our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Department of Chemical Engineering

CE (https://www.ce.manchester.ac.uk) is the largest department of chemical engineering in the UK, and one of nine departments in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Students have access to state-of-the-art facilities and are taught by world-leading academics, whose expertise covers a wide range of chemical engineering topics.

The most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) confirmed the position of the department as one of a small group of elite chemical engineering departments in the UK and it ranks in the top 15 in the world according to the latest QS rankings. Our success capitalises on the synergies between chemical engineering and bioscience, chemistry, mathematics, materials and analytical and measurement science. Our broad research base enables us to study the design, operation and integration of different complex systems in wide range of applications from oil and gas, energy systems, manufacturing and healthcare and apply chemical engineering to address global sustainability challenges.

The department comprises over 50 academic staff, and our research is grouped around six themes:

• Advanced functional materials;
• Biochemical and bioprocess engineering;
• Catalysis and porous materials;
• Multi-scale modelling;
• Process integration; and
• Sustainable Industrial Systems.

The undergraduate programmes are in Chemical Engineering, both 3 year BEng Hons and 4 year MEng Hons, as well as MEng programmes with a year in industry or in a European university. The department currently has over 700 undergraduates from 30 countries spanning the globe. The undergraduate chemical engineering programme is regarded as being amongst the best in the UK with our students being recognised nationally, having won Salter’s Institute Graduate Awards and our Year 3 Design Project Student Teams have won the IChemE MacNab-Lacey award several times in recent years. A recent IChemE accreditation report highlighted: “The pilot plant facilities, IT facilities, and problem-based learning spaces and equipment are best-in-class.” In addition, we run three highly successful MSc programmes and an extensive postgraduate research activity attracting a significant number of government, industrially and self-funded students who choose to study in Manchester.

The department is housed in the new state-of-art £450M engineering building (Nancy Rothwell Building) and adjoining this is the James Chadwick Building which houses the chemical engineering pilot plant and teaching laboratories. The pilot hall is one of the largest of its kind amongst UK universities and has a new distributed control system as well as the latest in situ and on-line process analytics. Academics in the department also work in research institutes such as the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, the National Graphene Institute, the Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials and the Photon Science Institute.

In addition to the online application, please submit a 1 page plan for your future research aspirations as part of your CV document.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out morehere

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

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Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Professor Philip Martin, Head of Department

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.