Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Engineering Design
UCL is host to a flourishing community of engineers and scientists, conducting world-leading research, and supported by exceptionally strong links with governmental organisations and industry. Within the Faculty of Engineering Sciences, there are eleven academic departments undertaking research and education across a great range of disciplines on a global scale. Our scientists and engineers take discoveries from life sciences, pure maths, psychology and many other areas, mix them together, add their own innovations and produce technical solutions the world needs. The products, processes and students we produce change the world we live in, and with our teaching, we aim to take bright, thoughtful, creative people and give them the knowledge, skills, and experience they need to engineer a better world through innovative undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes.
The Faculty of Engineering Sciences currently comprises eleven academic departments that undertake research and training across a broad range of disciplines. Our teaching programmes are focused on subjects that have the greatest impact on the world around us, and their content is informed by internationally leading research. Further information is available at .
About the Department
UCL Mechanical Engineering has been pioneering the development of engineering education, having taught the core discipline for over 170 years. UCL was home to the UK’s first-ever Professor of the Mechanical Principles of Engineering, Eaton Hodgkinson, in 1847. It was also where Sir Alexander Blackie William Kennedy introduced organised laboratory practicals in university education training, a world-leading educational innovation at the time. Today our students are taught core engineering disciplines and supervised in individual and group research projects by academics that are recognised research world-leaders in their fields.
At UCL Mechanical Engineering, we develop and apply core competencies to produce world-class research into a wider range of engineering challenges than most would imagine. Amongst many other avenues, we are exploring:
- Designing lightweight materials and structures for structural, thermal and space applications
- Developing new processes and properties for additively manufactured materials
- Manufacturing and testing sustainable materials and structures for the circular economy
- Advanced manufacturing for marine applications
- Studying the micro/nanoscale thermofluidic technologies
World-leading educational innovation continues to this day. We have invested in a new workshop facility dedicated to teaching practical engineering, called MechSpace. It is a tailored space with Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) capabilities to support multiple engineering projects, through the full design cycle: investigate, design, analyse, build, test and implement.
The main purpose of this role is to contribute to and support teaching in our mechanical engineering undergraduate programme and post graduate taught programmes. Please note that this is a 4 year fixed term post.
The post holder may have some elements of involvement at every level of our programmes. This will include, for instance, introductory (UG Y1-Y2) level modules in design and mechanics, and/or specialist (UG Y3-Y4/Masters) design and project modules related. The successful candidate will lead teaching sessions and workshops, evaluate student presentations, and participate in departmental outreach activities.
The role holder will have an excellent level of technical background in mechanical engineering. They will contribute to the implementation of a high-quality curriculum and will assist in the development of learning materials, preparing schemes of work and maintaining records to monitor student progress, achievement and attendance.
The successful applicant will be a natural and effective communicator first and foremost, with an interest in higher education.
About you
We would be delighted to receive applications from candidates who meet the following criteria:
- 1st Class MEng/MSc in Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline.
- Experience and demonstrated achievement in university-level engineering design-orientated teaching and learning
- A demonstrated record of participating in the supervision of individual and group projects at undergraduate or postgraduate level.
- Practical experience in professional engineering evidenced by exposure through employment or collaboration.
- Experience of using 3D CAD software (i.e. Catia, Fusion 360 or equivalent)
- The ability to motivate and engage students.
- The ability to communicate information to others clearly and concisely, both in person and in writing, including being able to explain complex technical concepts to students.
- The ability to work independently and also as part of a team, recognising when advice / input needs to be sought, and maintaining a positive attitude to colleagues, staff and students.
- Willingness to continually undertake training and personal development as required and appropriate to the role and to develop new skills.
- Ability to teach project-based learning from concept & design through to manufacturing
Please view the attached Job Description for more details into the requirements of the post.
HOW TO APPLY
Please take care to include a cover letter with your application. Referring to the attached Job Description & Person Specification, copy and paste the essential/desirable criteria into your “Statement in support of your application.
FURTHER INFORMATION
The grading for this post is commensurate with experience from Grade 7 (spine point 33 at £46,796 including London Weighting Allowance) to Grade 8 for more experienced hires with remuneration set between £54,172 and £62,035. Please note that interviews are tentatively scheduled for 4th and 5th August respectively.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.
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