Senior Lecturer /Lecturer at Durban University of Technology

Minimum requirements 

• D-Eng. / D-Tech / PhD qualification in mechanical engineering, with an undergraduate qualification in an appropriate
• At least 5 years of teaching and professional experience in materials or metallurgy or advanced
• Evidence of research and postgraduate

Additional Recommendations

• Good Publications Record
• Good communication and lecturing skills
• A strong passion for teaching and research
• Professionally registered with ECSA or a plan to register in the short to medium term.

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LECTURER 

Minimum requirements

• MEng or equivalent NQF level 9 qualification in engineering, with an undergraduate qualification in Mechanical or mechatronic engineering.
• At least 3 years of teaching/professional experience.
• Evidence of emerging research and publication record.

Additional Recommendations

• Good communication and lecturing skills
• A strong passion for teaching and research
• Professionally registered with ECSA or a plan to register in the short to medium term.
• Good research track record or relevant research experience and an ability and desire to advance research development in the department.
• Required to currently be pursuing a doctoral qualification in Engineering.

Field of Expertise

• The candidate must have expertise in at least two of the following areas:
• Thermodynamics, Strengths of Materials, Material Structures, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Modelling and Fluids Mechanics.

Summary of Duties

• Teaching, assessing, and supervising at all relevant levels.
• Responsible for at least three modules per year in accordance with fair workload distribution.
• Development of learning materials for different courses.
• Supervise BEng Tech design projects and be actively involved in research and/or post-graduate supervision in the department.
• Assist with administrative and other duties as prescribed by the Head of Department or representative as delegated.
• To serve as chair of a specialty area on a rotational basis.
• To contribute/lead curriculum design.
• To assist the department in the delivery of quality teaching and learning.