Directorate: School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
Grade: Grade 7 - £37,694 - £47,389 / Grade 8 - £47,389 - £58,225
Contract Type: Full Time (1FTE), Open Ended
Detailed Description
The School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS) is looking to recruit an Assistant Professor in Quantity Surveying to work at our Edinburgh campus.
We are particularly encouraging applications from candidate with a growing international recognition and expertise in any one of the following areas:
1. Quantity Surveying, Measurement and Commercial Management – with expertise in all aspects of pre and post contract activities in the built environment sector
2. Contract Administration, Procurement and Risk Management – the advancement of this sector to face future challenges.
3. Carbon Accounting and Circular Economy – embracing sustainability for the Built Environment.
4. Digital Transformation of the Built Environment – embedding the 4th Industrial Revolution into teaching and research.
5. Applications are encouraged from early career academics who are seeking to establish and grow their reputation and academic career (grade 7) and academics with an established reputation in their field demonstrating an excellent career in research and educational achievements, with a planned trajectory to expand and develop their career to become an established globally recognised academic of the highest standing (grade 8). We are seeking a QS specialist rather than applicants from related but non-QS disciplines.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
The post-holder will be required to:
6. Carry out and publish internationally excellent research in construction and the built environment;
7. Win research funding through either the submission of high-quality grant proposals or funding from industry, as part of a research group;
8. Undertake knowledge exchange activities to promote and disseminate your research;
9. Develop and deliver innovative teaching in Quantity Surveying at undergraduate and postgraduate level, specifically in the areas of measurement and commercial management;
10. Supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students’ work and take responsibility for dealing with referred issues regarding students within their own educational programmes;
11. Carry out such administrative and recruitment activities as may be required to achieve these aims.
Education, Qualifications and Experience
You will have:
12. education to doctoral level;
13. a growing track record of quantity surveying knowledge with the ambition to apply this to research in related fields as demonstrated through professional practice experience and/or publications, citations, external invitations and research funding (grade 7) or a growing track record of research in quantity surveying and related fields as demonstrated through publications, citations, external invitations and research funding (grade 8)
14. the relevant experience to engage and innovate in our quantity surveying degree programmes; and
15. the drive and commitment to contribute to the expansion of our successful programmes.
Essential Criteria
16. a first or Master’s degree in Quantity Surveying;
17. PhD in a built environment related discipline;
18. Track record of growing research profile with internationally recognised publications;
19. Track record of winning research funding, commensurate with previous track record;
20. Skills to deliver innovative Quantity Surveying teaching within the discipline as well as effectively supervise MSc students;
21. Excellent interpersonal and teamworking skills;
Desirable Criteria
22. Experience of working with industry;
23. Track record of delivering innovations in teaching and research;
24. Membership of appropriate professional and/or academic societies;
25. Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy;
26. Ability to operate at the cross-disciplinary boundaries of construction and related fields.
About Heriot Watt University
Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class teaching and leading-edge, relevant research, which has made it one of the top UK universities for innovation, business and industry.
Heriot-Watt University has five campuses: three in the UK (Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Orkney), one in Dubai and one in Malaysia. The University offers a highly distinctive range of degree programmes in the specialist areas of science, engineering, design, business and languages. Heriot-Watt is also Scotland's most international university, boasting the largest international student cohort.
The School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
The School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society is one of the UK’s leading institutions for multidisciplinary research and teaching in areas critical to economic development and societal equity. We aim to attain excellence in the teaching of the core disciplines that contribute to a sustainable, resource and energy efficient society and are committed to undertaking high value, high impact research and knowledge transfer in topics of relevance to global challenges.
Institute of Sustainable Built Environment
It’s an exciting time to be joining HWU, over our 200-year history we have driven forward our ethos of providing an education for all and are very proud of our 5 campus locations, in three countries, as well as our online offerings, we are the most diverse and international University in the UK.
The Construction Project Management and Quantity Surveying teaching team delivers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Scotland, Dubai, Malaysia and online. We offer campus-based degree programmes, distance learning programmes through our Heriot Watt Online system, as well as Graduate Apprenticeships. We also aim to launch an MBA in Strategic Construction Leadership in the next two years, in partnership with the Edinburgh Business School.
The School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society has an Athena SWAN Bronze Award and is committed to its equality charter, which includes having a diverse and inclusive workforce, and to offering equality of opportunity to all.