Professor in Infrastructure Project Management - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Civil Engineering and Energy Technology has a vacancy for a Professor in Infrastructure Project Management within the field of smart infrastructure systems with a preferred start date of employment from August 1st, 2022. The department is developing its study portfolio and plans to strengthen its academic environment in civil engineering. We are looking for an innovative, creative and responsible candidate who can contribute to the teaching, research and development of the field of infrastructure engineering. The candidate shall lead the research and education in infrastructure project planning and management with a focus on transport systems (road and railway) and urban planning. The candidate is also expected to collaborate with the research groups (structural engineering, process management and digitalization and transport, infrastructure & urban development) at the department to conduct interdisciplinary activities.

Read more on our research group Transport, Infrastructure, and Urban development (TransFrUrban) and Construction Management, Sustainability, Innovation and Digitalization.

Your duties and responsibilities will be to:

• play a central part in research and dissemination of research results both to academic environments and society in general
• be a driving force for developing major research projects and applications for external funding together with colleagues in the academic community
• take the initiative and further develop research collaboration with national and international partners
• play a central role in the work of further developing the academic environment and the department's educations within smart infrastructure or closely related field
• teach transport infrastructure project planning and management and related courses
• supervise students at bachelor, master's and PhD level
• actively contribute to the development of the department and OsloMet as a whole
• be in contact with the professional field
• initiate and carry out your own research and development work
• academic-administrative tasks

Qualification requirements:

• Professor competence in Transport Infrastructure Project Management
• PhD in project management, civil engineering, road and railway engineering or closely related fields
• The candidate must have documented extensive research competence and publication at a high level in one or more of the following areas:

- Transport infrastructure project planning process

- Contract management

- Construction productivity

- Digitalization in infrastructure project

• experience with national and international research networks
• experience in managing research projects
• experience with professional management

Good oral and written presentation skills in English are required. Applicants who do not have sufficient knowledge of Scandinavian must have acquired Norwegian knowledge corresponding to level B2 within three years of commencement. Courses are offered at OsloMet.

Applicants must document relevant educational competence in accordance with OsloMet's Guidelines for assessment of educational competence.

 General criteria for appointments to academic positions are covered by the Regulations for appointment and promotion to academic posts.

The following will be emphasized:

• Extensive research and development work that is relevant to the position. Emphasis will be placed on scientific production from the last six years.
• Extensive experience from teaching and supervision with a focus on master's and PhD levels
• Excellent cooperation and communication skills
• Diversity in research methodology
• Ability to acquire external funding
• experience with Norwegian public procurement and financing process will be an asset
• experience with front-end engineering is advantageous

Personal qualities necessary for the position

We emphasize that you are collaborative and motivated to build professional communities and are concerned with new thinking and innovation in education, research and development work.

OsloMet conducts testing of pedagogical qualifications in connection with interviews.

It is important for OsloMet to reflect the population of our region, and all qualified candidates are welcome to apply. We make active endeavours to further develop OsloMet as an inclusive workplace and to adapt the workplace if required. If there are periods where you have not been in work, under education or in training, you are also welcome to apply.

We offer

• An exciting job opportunity at Norway’s third largest and most urban university
• Participation in a research group and a creative and inspiring academic environment

• Opportunities for academic development in a professional research environment
• Loan and pension arrangements through the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• Beneficial welfare schemes and a wide range of sports and cultural offers
• Free Norwegian language classes to employees and their partners/spouses
• Work place in downtown Oslo with multiple cultural offers

Practical information about relocation to Oslo and living in Norway

The position is remunerated in accordance with the Basic Collective Agreement for the Civil Service and OsloMets salary policy, job code 1013 Professor. The salary is NOK 715 900 – 919 700 per year, salary scale 75 -84 A higher salary may be considered for particularly well qualified applicants. 

Application process

If you would like to apply for the position you must do so electronically through our recruitment system.

You will be assessed by an Expert Committee. You must upload the following documents with the application within the application deadline:

• Application letter
• CV (including teaching and supervision experience and the name and contact information of at least three references)
• Full list of publications
• Copies of certificates/diplomas (including formal education in pedagogics, if applicable)
• Up to ten full-text scientific articles, submitted together with a table of contents and a short introduction highlighting the relevance of the article to the profile of the position and a detailed description of the contribution to the article by the applicant
• Documentation of educational competence including profiling document
• A text (up to 2 pages) outlining your relevant pedagogical experience and plans for pedagogical activity and development in the position (“teaching statement”) and the pedagocial stance of the applicant. This overview should also include recent student-evaluations.
• A text (up to 2 pages) outlining your relevant research and plans for research activity in the position (“research statement”). This overview should include an overview of existing projects and research collaborators.
• Other relevant documentation

We only process applications sent via our electronic recruitment system and all documents must be uploaded for your application to be processed. The documents must be in either English or a Scandinavian language. Translations must be authorised. Originals must be presented if you are invited for an interview. OsloMet performs document checks in order to give you as a candidate a proper evaluation and ensure fair competition.

If you have documents that cannot be uploaded electronically, please contact hrtkd@oslomet.no

Before submitting the application documents to the Expert Committee, all applications will be reviewed by the faculty and applicants who do not meet the formal qualification requirements will not be submitted for assessment.

OsloMet has adhered to the principles in the DORA declaration and obliged the institution to follow the recommendations in this declaration.

Other information

For more information about the position, feel free to contact:

• Head of Department Hallgrim Hjelmbrekke, e-mail hallgrim@oslomet.no, phone +4767236220

If there are no qualified applicants, we may consider an appointment to a temporary position, on the condition that the appointee qualifies for a permanent position within three years.

Deadline for application: January 21st 2022

Ref:                             21/10269