Senior Lecturer in Building Services Engineering

The Division of Building Services Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology at LTH, Lund University, is recruiting an Senior Lecturer.

The Division of Building Services Engineering has for a long time conducted nationally and internationally leading research and education with a broad scope within the field of building services engineering, linked in various ways to resource use and the indoor environment. The goal is to create optimized, energy and resource efficient buildings with good indoor environmental quality, functionality, and long service life. Our research is carried out both within large international projects with many collaborating partners and in national projects with strong ties to industry. Within LTH, we are active in several centers and profile areas, and we lead the profile area Circular Building Sector as well as the National Renovation Centre. We also maintain a collaboration agreement with the Swedish Association of HVAC Contractors (Installatörsföretagen).
The Division of Building Services Engineering is one of nine divisions within the Department of Building and Environmental Technology. The division currently has around 15 employees. Our premises are located in the V-building on the LTH campus in Lund.

The person we are seeking has broad knowledge within the described subject areas, as well as in-depth expertise in some of them, for example in building services components and systems and their practical control.

Subject

Building Services Engineering.

Subject description

The subject comprises several different aspects of building services systems and their design and function in buildings and other spaces where such systems are used. The subject includes:

• sustainability and resource use in terms of energy, power, water, materials, and circularity related to these
• processes for renovation and new construction, as well as damages, maintenance and operational issues in the building sector
• energy systems in and outside buildings, for example district heating networks and heat pumps connected to buildings indoor environmental quality and humans well-being indoors
• analysis, design and dimensioning of building services systems for heating, cooling, ventilation, water supply, wastewater, sprinkler systems, electricity and control systems in buildings
• constituent materials, components and systems inside and outside the building related to its technical installations and technical function and performance
• user needs and behaviour as boundary conditions for the requirements placed on building services engineering.

The methodology includes theory, calculations, investigations, measurements in laboratory experiments and field measurements.

Work duties

Work duties include:

• Conducting research within the subject area, which also includes active participation in the development of the division’s research activities.
• Teaching in the first, second and third cycles of studies.
• Supervision of degree projects and doctoral students.
• Actively seeking external research funding.
• Collaboration with industry and wider society.
• Participation in relevant research centres and profile areas in which the division is involved or leads.
• Participation in various national and international contexts that contribute to a continuous dialogue with both the academic community and society at large.
• Administration related to the work duties listed above.

Initially, the primary focus will be on research and the development of research activities; however, participation in the development of new and relevant courses is also important.

Qualification requirements

Appointment to senior lecturer requires that the applicant has:

• A PhD or corresponding research competence or professional expertise considered important with regard to the subject matter of the post and the work duties it will involve.
• Demonstrated teaching expertise.
• Completed five weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning, or acquired equivalent knowledge by other means, unless there are valid reasons.

Assessment criteria

When assessing the applicants, special importance will be given to research and teaching expertise within the subject, with most focus on research expertise .

The assessment criteria specify the aspects to be taken into account, and the level to be achieved, in order for the assessment criteria to be deemed fulfilled. The following assessment criteria must be fulfilled for appointment to senior lecturer:

• A good national and international standing as a researcher. The requirement for international experience shall be assessed with consideration to the character and traditions of the subject.
• Good teaching ability, including a good ability to conduct, develop and lead teaching and other educational activities on different levels and using a variety of teaching methods.
• An ability to supervise doctoral students to achieve a PhD.
• An ability to collaborate with wider society and communicate his or her activities.
• A general ability to lead and develop activities.

Additional requirements

• Very good oral and written proficiency in English.
• Ability to communicate at a basic level in a Scandinavian language, with the capacity to make oneself understood by Swedish-speaking individuals in both speech and writing.
• Documented experience and ability to obtain substantial external research funding in a competitive environment.
• Broad knowledge across several of the areas described in the subject description.
• Extensive documented expertise in some of the areas described in the subject description.
• Collaborative skills, initiative and the ability to solve work tasks independently.

Other qualifications

• Significant documented research experience (e.g. from postdoc or doctoral studies) from another university/institute or relevant experience from industry/public sector.
• Extensive, documented experience in supervising doctoral candidates, preferably as principal supervisor.
• Extensive, documented knowledge of building services components and systems, as well as practical control engineering related to these.
• Documented experience in applying for research funding from the EU and/or experience of active participation in EU projects or other large international research projects.
• Experience of collaboration with industry and society in a Swedish context.

The extent to which the applicant, through their experience and skills, may complement and strengthen ongoing research, undergraduate education, departmental innovation, and how they can contribute to the future development of the department will also be taken into consideration.

We offer 

Lund University is a public authority which means that employees get particular benefits, generous annual leave and an advantageous occupational pension scheme.  Read more on the University website about being a Lund University employee

Instructions on how to apply

Applications shall be written in English. Please draw up the application in accordance with LTH’s Academic qualifications portfolio – see link below. Upload the application as PDF-files in the recruitment system. Read more:

http://www.lth.se/english/working-at-lth/to-apply-for-academic-positions-at-lth/