Professor in Hybrid Structures

We offer full-time employment in an intellectually challenging environment.KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied scientific research. Our university is highly focused on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and strives for international excellence. In this regard, the university actively works together with research partners in Belgium and abroad and provides its students with an academic education that is based on high-quality scientific research.You will mainly work at the KU Leuven Campus De Nayer, an academic campus located near Mechelen and about 45 km from Leuven and centred on technology and industry-focused research and education. Depending on your record and qualifications, you will be appointed to or tenured in one of the grades of the academic staff: assistant professor, associate professor, professor or full professor. In principle, junior researchers are appointed as an assistant professor on the tenure track for a period of 5 years. At the end of this period and a positive evaluation, they are permanently appointed (or tenured) as an associate professor.KU Leuven is well set to welcome foreign professors and their family and provides practical support with regard to immigration & administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching, … 

To facilitate scientific integration and research in the first phase, a research position equivalent to a PhD fellowship for 4 years is made available. If you have no other substantial funding available, you can apply for a start-up grant of EUR 100,000, on the condition that you are recruited for at least 50%.

• You have a master’s degree in civil engineering or an equivalent degree, and a PhD whereby the subject of your doctoral thesis preferably relates to the research field, namely hybrid structures.
• You have experience with different materials and construction types and you can preferably connect to existing research lines in the department. You have a strong research track record in the discipline, evidenced by your publications or by your research experience in industry. 
• You have the ambition to contribute to the valorisation of research in industry and in society. International experience is an advantage. Past, recent and future involvement in these fields is an asset. 
• Teaching and professional work experiences are a plus.
• You possess organisational skills and have a cooperative attitude. You also possess leadership competencies in a university or industry context.
• For this position, it is expected that you are able to teach courses in Dutch or in English from the start (native or C1 level CEFR). The official language at KU Leuven is Dutch. If you do not speak Dutch (or do not speak it well) at the start of employment to meet the legal requirements, KU Leuven will provide language training to enable you to take part in meetings. Before teaching courses in Dutch or English, you will be given the opportunity to learn Dutch resp. English to the required standard.

For more information on the contents of the job, please contact:* Prof. dr. ir. Jaak Monbaliu, chair of the Department of Civil Engineering (jaak.monbaliu@kuleuven.be , +32 16 32 16 61) or* Prof. dr. ir. Raf Dewil, chair of Campus De Nayer (raf.dewil@kuleuven.be, +32 15 68 82 29)You can submit your application until XXXX, only through our online application system. If you have problems submitting your application online, please send an email to solliciteren@kuleuven.be.Add to your application following documents in English (more information is available on the KU Leuven job site):- your biosketch in which you indicate your added value as an academic for research, education and service to society of your past career and of your future activities (maximum 2 pages);- a file on your five most important publications or realisations;- an extensive cv including a full publication list and if applicable a portfolio of your projects;- your research plan with focus on the development of your research line and research team in relation with the colleague-researchers of the entity of employment (maximum 4 pages);- your vision on academic education and its organisation (maximum 2 pages);- your contribution to society by outreach and publi... For more information see https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60116151