Lecturer in Chemical Engineering (Teaching & Research)

Lecturer in Chemical Engineering (Teaching & Research)Opportunity ID 10621Faculty  Science & Engineering Location  QM London Contract Type  Permanent Working Patterns  Full Time Full Time Equivalent (FTE) 1.00Salary Range  51,755 - 60,901 per annum Job Pack Opp10621 Lecturer Job Pack.pdf – 732KB Opens in a new windowContact Details  Name: Prof Ana Jorge SobridoEmail: a.sobrido@qmul.ac.uk About the Role About the RoleThe post-holder will contribute to the intellectual life of the School and wider institution. They will make contributions to education and research in the subject area of Chemical Engineering, with focus on process systems at a large scale, safety engineering, process simulation and design engineering.About YouThe successful candidate will have a PhD in chemical engineering or related field, and undergraduate background in chemical engineering or similar (petroleum, safety, process engineering). They will also have an appropriate track record of high-quality research in large-scale chemical engineering at a national and ideally international level. An important part of the key skills is the ability to develop research proposals and secure external research funding, as well as subsequent effective award management, and we are particularly interested in individuals with strongly industrially aligned research. In addition, the successful candidate will be committed to high-quality teaching, understanding of student support needs, and able to provide guidance and signposting specialist services where appropriate. We are looking for someone able to utilize their experience to develop industrially applicable chemical engineering undergraduate and MSc projects.Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates who are under-represented in academic posts in Queen Mary.About the School/Department/Institute/ProjectThe School of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS) is a large, research-intensive School within the Faculty of Science and Engineering, comprising over 110 academic staff and a vibrant community of approximately 2,700 undergraduate and taught postgraduate students, alongside 250 PhD researchers. It is supported by a dedicated team of administrative and technical professionals, creating a strong and collaborative higher education environment.SEMS is part of Queen Mary University of London, one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities, recognised for world-class education and impactful research. The School offers a dynamic and interdisciplinary research culture, ranked 7th overall in the UK for research excellence in REF2021, and 2nd for world-leading research outputs. With more than 35 million invested in recent years, SEMS benefits from extensive state-of-the-art experimental and computational facilities, supporting research and teaching across a broad range of engineering and materials science disciplines.About Queen MaryAt Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form. Benefits We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.Closing Date 28/08/2026, 23:55 Provisional Interview Date  29 September 2026