Professor/Head of Subject of Construction Management and Building Technology

The Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering (CENE) is recruiting a professor/head of subject to continue leading, strengthening, developing and promoting education and research in Construction Management and Building Technology. CENE has approximately 400 employees, of which 150 are doctoral students, and a robust cluster of built environment-oriented education and research. This cluster includes Structural Engineering, Building Materials, Soil mechanics, Mining and Rock Engineering, Urban Water Engineering, Architecture, as well as Construction Management and Building Technology. We are strongly committed to strategic research, innovation and education initiatives and collaborations at the national level. All activities are quality-assured by our committed professors and lecturers in an exclusive and successful collaboration with the business community and the public sector. 65% of our research is externally funded, and we have well-established international partnerships with universities across all continents.

Education

The research subject Construction Management and Building Technology conducts education and applied research for sustainable built environments and operates within and at the interfaces between:

• Management, organization and development of construction-related projects, operations, business and procurement
• Construction techniques, methods and their applications in climate and resource-efficient construction and management
• Digitalization with a focus on models, information management and transformation
• Industrial processes and platforms in design, construction and asset management

The research adopts a systems perspective based on technology and method development linked to societal challenges and is conducted in well-developed collaboration with actors in the built environment sector. The research subject has a central role in the education of architectural and civil engineering at basic and advanced levels. Collaboration in education and research takes place with municipalities, authorities, trade associations, public and private client organizations, technology and design companies, and a wide range of building and construction engineering companies operating in the Nordic built environment context.

Subject Description

Construction Management and Building Technology comprises research on management and development of construction-related projects, businesses and operations, as well as research on development of methods, technologies and their applications for a sustainable built environment. The subject particularly includes research relating to digitalization and industrial processes.

Duties

The position as professor/head of subject includes an overall responsibility to lead and develop the subject, which comprises research and first-, second- and third-cycle education. The professor/head of subject also has a particular responsibility to ensure the funding of the activities and for contact with the wider community. An important task is to build a strong research subject where doctoral students, staff and students grow. The position as professor/head of subject is an indefinite-term employment.

Qualifications

Qualified for employment as a professor is someone who has demonstrated both research expertise and teaching expertise. As much attention must be given to the assessment of teaching expertise as to the assessment of research expertise.

In order to meet the requirements for an employment as a professor, the applicant:

• must be prominent within their subject area and therein present scientific activities of high international standards demonstrating clear progress in terms of quality;
• must have produced a total scientific output that must be equivalent, in terms of quantity, to at least three doctoral theses including the doctoral thesis;
• must demonstrate academic leadership through, among other things,
  • experience of research-related commissions of trust such as subject specialist, external reviewer and/or member of an examining committee;
  • experience of leading research projects;
  • experience of applying for and being granted, as the main applicant and in competition, external funding for research projects;
  • experience of internal missions at a university;
  • experience of educational leadership;
• must have experience of supervising doctoral students and, unless there are exceptional reasons, must have been the principal supervisor for at least one doctoral student for the entire period from admission to doctoral degree;
• must demonstrate pedagogical expertise through proven experience, teaching expertise and teaching development
• must demonstrate the ability to collaborate with the wider community by means of, among other things,
  • making new knowledge available to the wider community,
  • incorporating societal needs into educational and/or research contexts.

In addition to the qualification requirements for professors, emphasis must be placed on leadership skills when recruiting a professor/head of subject. These skills are demonstrated in, among others,

• experience of line management responsibility and staff development;
• self-knowledge and capacity to reflect on their own leadership experience;
• experience of budget responsibility or other financial responsibilities.

• research expertise
• teaching expertise
• ability to lead and develop operations
• other assessment criteria.

• the degree of expertise required for qualification
• the proficiency in the development and leadership of academic activities and staff
• the administrative proficiency that is of value in view of the subject content and the duties included in the appointment
• the ability to obtain external research and development funding
• the ability to communicate and promote application of research and development work
• established and active collaboration with the broader community, especially with actors of relevance for the subject's education and research within the Nordic built environment context
• the experience of academic managerial tasks
• the documented experience of leading and developing productive interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary collaborations
• the proficiency in oral and written communication in English and/or Swedish.

The position may require a security clearance.

The University offers courses in Swedish.

In case of different interpretations of the English and Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.

Information

For Further Information About The Position, Please Contact

Senior lecturer Sofia Lidelöw, +46 920-49 2839, sofia.lidelow@ltu.se and Head of department Charlotta Johansson, +46 920-49 1867, charlotta.m.johansson@ltu.se

Union Representatives

SACO-S Diana Chroneer,(+46 )920-49 2037 diana.chroneer@ltu.se

OFR-S Lars Frisk, (+46)920-49 1792 lars.frisk@ltu.se

Application

We prefer that you apply for this position by clicking on the apply button below and attach the requested application documents including diplomas (certified and translated into Swedish or English), pedagogical self-reflection and publications, etc. We prefer that applicants follow the Instructions for applicants. Note that the applicant´s educational qualifications should be particularly documented. Mark your application with the reference number below. Your application, including diplomas, must be written in English or Swedish.

Final day to apply: April 28, 2025

Reference number: 57-2025