Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer: Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

RESPONSIBILITIES:

It will be expected of the successful candidates to:

• Teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules in the Department;
• Supervise final year undergraduate project students and postgraduate Honours, Masters and PhD students;
• Conduct research as a member of a research group in the Department and publish in leading accredited journals;
• Raise and manage additional funding from national and international funding agencies and industry to support the activities of the relevant research group;
• Expand on existing research programmes;
• Perform assigned departmental duties (e.g. of an administrative nature).
   

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Lecturer

• A BEng degree in mechanical engineering from a University of which the undergraduate programme is recognized by the Washington Accord or is recognized by ECSA to be substantial equivalent;
• A Master’s degree in mechanical engineering that follows on the previous qualification (described in the previous point);
• The Master’s degree and publications should be to aligned to one of the research foci in the Department.
   

Senior Lecturer:

• Same as for Lecturer, plus;
• A PhD degree in Engineering that follows on the previous qualification;
• Expertise and research experience in one or more of the specialist areas of the research groups in the Department;
• A proven research record supported by publications in high quality peer reviewed journals; At least two years tertiary education experience or 2 years related industry experience;
• A record of previous undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching experience, and supervision of Masters.
   

COMPETENCIES (SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE):

• Advanced modelling of mechanical systems;
• Advanced computational skills (e.g. Python or MATLAB);
• Keen interest in signal processing and machine learning;
• Keen interest in physical asset integrity management;
• Keen interest in experimental techniques relevant to mechanical system response measurement;
• Keen interest in building relationships between academia and industry.
   

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:

• Evidence of teaching excellence;
• Preference will be given to candidates who have teaching and research expertise that complement the department’s needs in areas such as vibrations, reliability and condition monitoring;
• Related industry work or consulting experience; Candidates registered or registerable as Professional Engineer with ECSA.