JOBBESKRIVELSE
If you want to boost your career as researcher and educator in either groundwater quality or water supply, here is your chance! We offer two opportunities to join the faculty at one of the world’s leading university departments in environmental engineering. At DTU Sustain you will work at the forefront of science providing solutions to major societal challenges related climate changes, circularity, sustainability, and environmental quality.
Assistant or Associate Professor in Groundwater Quality
Your overall focus will be to strengthen DTU Sustain’s competences within the areas of groundwater quality, (bio)geochemistry, and contaminant hydrogeology. You will work in our section of Circularity & Environmental Impact dealing with groundwater, groundwater-surface water interaction, risk assessment and sustainable mitigation of contamination sources. Your main collaborators will be with academia, public authorities, consultants, and industrial partners in Denmark as well as abroad.
We expect that you have a strong Danish and/or international platform within groundwater quality and (bio)geochemistry with an engineering (or similar) background in groundwater/hydrogeology/geology. Your primary tasks will be to:
- Teach and supervise BSc and MSc student projects, and be supervisor for PhD students covering a broad of range of groundwater related topics
- Perform research at an international level in the cross-field of groundwater quality, biogeochemistry, contaminants and hydrogeology.
- Develop concepts for sustainable groundwater exploitation in a rapidly changing world (climate, energy, population growth, urbanization, land use)
- Build up, develop and contribute with new approaches and methods (laboratory, field) or modeling tools.
- Contribute to research in the group and with colleagues in the water resources, urban water area, and other related fields
- Interests in machine learning/big data, statistics/geostatistics, GIS and/or modeling are beneficial but not a must.
Assistant or associate Professor in Water Supply
Your overall focus will be to strengthen DTU Sustain’s competences within the areas of water supply, distribution systems and water re-use. You will work in our section of Water Technology & Processes dealing with water technologies, water treatment and processes for a broad range of water qualities. You will interact and collaborate with academia, public authorities, consultants, water utilities and industrial partners in Denmark as well as abroad.
We expect that you have a strong Danish and/or international platform within water supply and modelling distribution systems with an engineering (or similar) background in water quality/hydraulics. Your primary tasks will be to:
- Teach and supervise BSc and MSc student projects, and be supervisor for PhD students covering a broad of range of water supply related topics
- Perform research at an international level in the cross-field of drinking water distribution systems, water quality, hydraulics and modelling.
- Develop concepts for sustainable water re-use in a rapidly changing world (water shortage, climate, energy, urbanization, industry)
- Build up, develop and contribute with new approaches and methods (laboratory, field) or modeling tools.
- Contribute to research in the group and with colleagues in the water resources, urban water area, and other related fields
- Interests in sustainability (e.g.LCA), economy and water quality in the context of water systems analysis, or GIS are beneficial, but not a must.
Team players in environmental engineering
We are looking for scientific talents with the skills and ambitions to see the sky as the limit and world class as a natural guiding light. To succeed, you must like to create results via knowledge sharing and constructive collaboration with due respect to professional and cultural differences – and be able to provide and receive feedback with an open mind. Additionally, you must be curious and looking to constantly expand your field of expertise. As teacher, you must like to coach/teach? and be able to communicate in an inspiring and motivating way – you set the standards for the engineers of the future.
You will be responsible for the teaching of courses. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages, and in time are expected to master both.
As formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent). If you are applying for the associate professor position you should also have academic qualifications equivalent to those obtained by holding an assistant professorship and documented didactic/pedagogic training.
Assessment
You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:
- Experience and quality of teaching
- Research experience
- Research vision and potential
- International impact and experience
- Societal impact
- Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry
- Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
- Communication skills
We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.
Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. Starting date is 1 January 2024 (or according to mutual agreement). The positions are full-time positions.
The assistant professor position is part of DTU’s Tenure Track program. Read more about the program and the recruitment process here.
You can read more about career paths at DTU here.
Further information
Further information may on the groundwater quality and contaminated sites positions may be obtained from Head of Section, Professor Anders Baun, [email protected], tel.: +45 4525 1567.
For the position in water supply further information can be obtained from Head of Section, Professor Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen, [email protected], tel.: +45 2176 3889.
You can read more about DTU Sustain at www.sustain.dtu.dk.
If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.
Application procedure
Please submit your online application no later than 1 October 2023 (23:59 Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link “Apply online”, fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:
- Application (cover letter). Please indicate which position(s) you are applying for.
- Vision for teaching and research
- CV including employment history, list of publications (applicants applying for the position as associate professor should indicate scientific highlights), H-index and ORCID (see http://orcid.org/)
- Teaching portfolio including documentation of teaching experience
- Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD)
You can learn more about the recruitment process here.
Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.
DTU Sustain – Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering – is one of the largest university departments specializing in environmental and resource engineering in Europe. The department conducts research, development & scientific advice and provides educational programs and service to society. We are working to develop new environmentally friendly and sustainable technologies, methods and solutions, and to disseminate this knowledge to society and future generations of engineers. The Department has approximately 300 staff from more than 30 nationalities.
Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.
