Maritime Engineering, Lecturer - Australian Maritime College

About This Role

Lecturing in Maritime Engineering at the Australian Maritime College involves inspiring and shaping the next generation of engineers through teaching undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The role focuses on delivering high-quality education, supporting laboratory and project-based learning, and undertaking applied research and consultancy in areas like naval architecture and ocean engineering. It suits a professional committed to impactful, industry-connected research addressing real-world maritime challenges.

Responsibilities

• Inspire and shape the next generation of maritime engineers through teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate programs
• Undertake impactful, industry-connected research that addresses real-world maritime challenges
• Make an effective and sustained contribution to the University in achieving its strategic objectives and fulfilling its operational responsibilities
• Undertake high-quality research of national and increasingly of international standing
• Secure external competitive and other funding
• Publish research findings and contribute to the successful supervision of research higher degree students, in order to meet and regularly exceed the University
• Undertake scholarly undergraduate and postgraduate coursework teaching of a high quality
• Deliver laboratory sessions and contribute to the design, setup and conduct of physical scale model experiments across CMEH research facilities, with a particular focus on the Towing Tank and Model Test Basin
• Participate in CMEH and AMC leadership and administration by contributing to committees, through active involvement in team planning, providing student and staff support, assisting with student recruitment and contributing to overall collegial well-being of the institute
• Contribute to curriculum development and help shape innovative education, research, and industry partnerships

Requirements

• A PhD in a relevant field, or evidence of progress towards completion of a PhD
• Experience in or demonstrated potential and capability for university-level teaching and learning
• A good record of, and continuing commitment to, research that has achieved national recognition and made worthwhile contributions to the field of Maritime Engineering, demonstrated by a record of quality publications, presentations at conferences and preferably success in securing external competitive and other funding
• A demonstrated record of supervision and mentoring of Honours students, with the potential capability to supervise Higher Degree by Research students
• A record of contributing to building and maintaining effective and productive links locally and nationally with the discipline, profession, industry (where relevant) and wider community
• Demonstrated ability to design, set up and conduct physical scale model experiments with a high-level of attention to detail, preferably in the field of maritime hydrodynamics