Chair Automotive Engineering (3 year contract)

Recruiter:

HR Genie

Job Ref:

9E75

Date posted:

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Location:

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Salary:

R0 per month

SUMMARY:
Chair, Automotive, Engineering, 3, year, contract,

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The purpose of the Chair is for specialised research and innovation specifically in and focussing on future skills

required in the automotive industry. Create a supportive, conducive and enabled environment to facilitate increased

research, innovation and international competitiveness of the integrated automotive manufacturing industry in the

Eastern Cape through local, national and international partnerships and collaboration.

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KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Establish and lead research and innovation in the field of Automotive Engineering and related

manufacturing industries.

• Establish and lead international student/staff exchange programs and knowledge transfer in the field of

Automotive Engineering.

• Facilitate the recruitment of human resources in the field of Automotive Engineering as well as other

Engineering related fields.

• Regular reporting as per the requirements of the Terms of reference for the Steering and Management

committees

• Enhance collaboration with AIDC (Automotive Industry Development Centre Eastern Cape).

• Collaborate in Industry 4.0 activities related to manufacturing and the automotive industry Development of

new future training programme

• Placement of graduates at OEMs, Tier suppliers and industry in general.

• Provide technical advice to the African continent efforts to industrialise its automotive industry.

• Provide training programmes to the African Continent

• Successful supervise interns, postgraduate Masters and Doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows

Requirements:

Qualification: A relevant Doctoral or a Masters degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Mechatronic or

relevant Engineering discipline (preferably with professional registration).

Experience:

Master’s degree with 4 - 7 years extensive and relevant working experience in the Higher Education Environment

or Automotive Industry.

Doctoral Degree with a 3 - 7 relevant working and experience in the Higher Education environment or Automotive

Industry.

Requirements:

A proven credible research and innovation record with research publications in accredited journals.

Success postgraduate supervision.

A track record in attracting funding for research and postgraduate bursaries.

A record of being involved in successful partnerships and collaboration within the automotive industry and relevant

stakeholders nationally and internationally.

The appointment is based on a performance-based contract with an annual revision. The contract remuneration will be commensurate with the position of an academic chair.

Equity candidates would be preferable, but being a scarce skill, all applications should be considered on

their merits to facilitate the teaching and learning process and to grow capacity in the marine engineering

field.

Closing date for this position is the 18th of November 2022

NB! This job is now closed. You can apply for other jobs by uploading your CV.

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