Applications are invited for the full-time permanent post of Professor of Energy Engineering, to provide strong academic leadership in the area of Energy Engineering within the School of Engineering at University College Cork.

This is an opportunity to contribute to a sustainable future, addressing the challenges of energy and the environment and building on the School's extensive research activities across a range of energy themes, encompassing ocean, wind, biomass and solar energy, electric vehicles, energy policy, energy efficiency in buildings and industry. These research programmes are supported by substantial funding from a range of sources, such as Science Foundation Ireland, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, the EU and industry sponsors. The School has strong academic links to the Tyndall National Institute and UCC's Environmental Research Institute. The School looks forward to developing close links with the International Energy Research Centre, which the Irish Government is about to establish in Cork.

The School of Engineering at UCC includes Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical, Electronic & Microelectronic Engineering, and Process & Chemical Engineering. The School attracts outstanding undergraduate students to its degree programmes, including the BE in Energy Engineering and the MEngSc in Sustainable Energy, both of which are supported by academic staff from across the School. The School has a proud tradition of educating graduate and postgraduate engineers who occupy leading positions in the profession, nationally and internationally.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide strong academic leadership throughout the School in the area of Energy Engineering, in addition to the usual duties of contributing to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and PhD supervision. The successful candidate will be expected to make a substantial contribution to the energy research agenda of the University, to establish the University as the national centre of excellence in energy research .

The successful candidate will have a doctorate in Engineering, a scholarly reputation of international standing in Energy Engineering, in one or more energy technologies and/or in the area of energy systems, a significant record of sustained internationally published research, and a proven track record of seeking and obtaining substantial funding for research.

Salary scale (new entrants): €113,604 - €145,953

For informal discussion, contact Dr Michael Creed, Head of the School of Engineering: Email: m.creed@ucc.ie / Tel: +353 21 490 2670

Website: http://www.ucc.ie/en/engfac/

Closing date: 12 noon on 17^th September 2010

Application forms must be completed and are available, together with full details, from http://www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancies/academic/ or from the Recruitment Office, Department of Human Resources, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.

Email: recruitment@per.ucc.ie / Tel: + 353 21 4903603 / Fax: + 353 21 4271568

For further information see www.ucc.ie/hr/vacancies

Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent upon Government approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector