Assistant/Associate Professor Resilient Infrastructure

Are you passionate about designing infrastructure systems and their interconnections so that they are resilient and less vulnerable to disruptions?

Infrastructure systems are the backbones of our societies. Without resilient transport, logistics, energy, and ICT infrastructures, we are unable to serve different parts of the society when faced with disruptions such as pandemics, natural disasters, conflicts, or blocking a motorway or a waterway. The Covid-19 pandemic, the new trade wars, or the blocking of harbors in the black sea, for instance, have shown how vulnerable our transport systems are to disruptions. Disruptions in logistics due to regional conflicts significantly affect the delivery of food, medicine, and other basic necessities, which affect the well-being of millions of people in various parts of the world. This implies that we need to design our infrastructure systems such that they are able to maintain their essential functions by absorbing, responding, rapidly recovering from, and adapting to shocks and stresses.

For this position, we are looking for someone who is passionate about designing infrastructure systems and their interconnections so that they are resilient and less vulnerable to disruptions. The ideal candidate has knowledge about infrastructure systems and their interdependencies, and has expertise in modelling and analyzing the impact of disruptions (human-made, cyber, and natural) on those systems. The position is suitable for candidates who have a socio-technical understanding of the infrastructure when both physical and societal aspects of the systems need to be jointly considered.

The successful candidate will be a member of the section Transport & Logistics and will be closely working with colleagues from other sections within the department ESS (Energy & Industry, and ICT). The department ESS is an excellent place where leading experts are working on different infrastructures including transport, logistics, energy, and ICT.

The candidate should have:

• A PhD degree (or is about to finish a PhD soon) in Transportation, Logistics, Infrastructure management or Industrial Engineering
• Experience with academic teaching (and possibly with a university teaching qualification);
• An excellent command of English. 

We offer talented academics a clear and attractive career path with the expectation that you will have the potential to grow into a full professor position in the future. If you perform well, the intention is to convert your contract into a permanent one. At the start of your employment, agreements will be made about this based on our performance indicators.

During the selection procedure, it will be determined, depending on your background and experience, whether you are eligible for an assistant professor Tenure track (tudelft.nl) position or an associate professor.

Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. We expect you to obtain a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) within three years if you have less than five years of teaching experience. This is provided by the TU Delft UTQ programme.

TU Delft sets high standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. The TU Delft offers training to improve English competency. If you do not speak Dutch, we offer courses to learn the Dutch language within three years.

The TU Delft sets specific standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. The TU Delft offers training to improve English competency. Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. If you have less than five years of teaching experience and do not yet have your teaching certificate, you get the chance to obtain this within three years.

Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (salary indication for Assistant Professor: € 3.974 - € 6.181. Salary indication for Associate Professor € 5.506 - € 7.362).

The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, a discount for health insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged.

Coming to Delft Service and Partner Career Advice can support with advice for you and your accompanying partner about your individual settling needs in the Netherlands. Once arrived you can be supported with individual consults and diverse workshops. Located on Campus are the International Children’s Centre and an international primary school, which are subject to availability as well as several bilingual schools in the nearby surrounding.

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

With its excellent education and research at the intersection of technology, society and policy, the Faculty of TPM makes an important contribution to solving complex technical-social issues, such as energy transition, mobility, digitalisation, water management and (cyber) security.
We combine insights from the engineering sciences, the social and the humanities. We develop robust models and designs, are internationally oriented and have an extensive network with knowledge institutions, companies, social organisations and governments.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management.

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Dr. Jafar Rezaei, e-mail: [email protected].

For information about the application procedure, please contact Olivie Beek, HR advisor, e-mail: [email protected]. 

Please submit your application online no later than September 1st, 2022. You can only apply via the application button 'Apply now'; applications sent to one of the mentioned email addresses will not be processed.

To apply, please submit the following:
•    An application/motivation letter (max. 2 pages)
•    A complete curriculum vitae, including a list of publications
•    A research and teaching vision statement with a maximum of 1 page each   

Are you passionate about designing infrastructure systems and their interconnections so that they are resilient and less vulnerable to disruptions?

Infrastructure systems are the backbones of our societies. Without resilient transport, logistics, energy, and ICT infrastructures, we are unable to serve different parts of the society when faced with disruptions such as pandemics, natural disasters, conflicts, or blocking a motorway or a waterway. The Covid-19 pandemic, the new trade wars, or the blocking of harbors in the black sea, for instance, have shown how vulnerable our transport systems are to disruptions. Disruptions in logistics due to regional conflicts significantly affect the delivery of food, medicine, and other basic necessities, which affect the well-being of millions of people in various parts of the world. This implies that we need to design our infrastructure systems such that they are able to maintain their essential functions by absorbing, responding, rapidly recovering from, and adapting to shocks and stresses.

For this position, we are looking for someone who is passionate about designing infrastructure systems and their interconnections so that they are resilient and less vulnerable to disruptions. The ideal candidate has knowledge about infrastructure systems and their interdependencies, and has expertise in modelling and analyzing the impact of disruptions (human-made, cyber, and natural) on those systems. The position is suitable for candidates who have a socio-technical understanding of the infrastructure when both physical and societal aspects of the systems need to be jointly considered.

The successful candidate will be a member of the section Transport & Logistics and will be closely working with colleagues from other sections within the department ESS (Energy & Industry, and ICT). The department ESS is an excellent place where leading experts are working on different infrastructures including transport, logistics, energy, and ICT.

The candidate should have:

• A PhD degree (or is about to finish a PhD soon) in Transportation, Logistics, Infrastructure management or Industrial Engineering
• Experience with academic teaching (and possibly with a university teaching qualification);
• An excellent command of English. 

We offer talented academics a clear and attractive career path with the expectation that you will have the potential to grow into a full professor position in the future. If you perform well, the intention is to convert your contract into a permanent one. At the start of your employment, agreements will be made about this based on our performance indicators.

During the selection procedure, it will be determined, depending on your background and experience, whether you are eligible for an assistant professor Tenure track (tudelft.nl) position or an associate professor.

Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. We expect you to obtain a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) within three years if you have less than five years of teaching experience. This is provided by the TU Delft UTQ programme.

TU Delft sets high standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. The TU Delft offers training to improve English competency. If you do not speak Dutch, we offer courses to learn the Dutch language within three years.

The TU Delft sets specific standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. The TU Delft offers training to improve English competency. Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. If you have less than five years of teaching experience and do not yet have your teaching certificate, you get the chance to obtain this within three years.

Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (salary indication for Assistant Professor: € 3.974 - € 6.181. Salary indication for Associate Professor € 5.506 - € 7.362).

The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, a discount for health insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged.

Coming to Delft Service and Partner Career Advice can support with advice for you and your accompanying partner about your individual settling needs in the Netherlands. Once arrived you can be supported with individual consults and diverse workshops. Located on Campus are the International Children’s Centre and an international primary school, which are subject to availability as well as several bilingual schools in the nearby surrounding.

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

With its excellent education and research at the intersection of technology, society and policy, the Faculty of TPM makes an important contribution to solving complex technical-social issues, such as energy transition, mobility, digitalisation, water management and (cyber) security.
We combine insights from the engineering sciences, the social and the humanities. We develop robust models and designs, are internationally oriented and have an extensive network with knowledge institutions, companies, social organisations and governments.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management.

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Dr. Jafar Rezaei, e-mail: [email protected].

For information about the application procedure, please contact Olivie Beek, HR advisor, e-mail: [email protected]. 

Please submit your application online no later than September 1st, 2022. You can only apply via the application button 'Apply now'; applications sent to one of the mentioned email addresses will not be processed.

To apply, please submit the following:
•    An application/motivation letter (max. 2 pages)
•    A complete curriculum vitae, including a list of publications
•    A research and teaching vision statement with a maximum of 1 page each