W2 Professorship Packaging Processes and Material Flow Technology

At the Hanover University of Applied Sciences, the Faculty II – Mechanical Engineering and Bioprocess Engineering – is indefinitely a W2-Professorship Packaging processes and material flow technology (code W2 17/2025) to occupy.

The professorship will be theoretically well-founded and applied in teaching and research in Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes of the Faculty, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Bioprocess Engineering, the topics packaging technology, machines and plants of food production, material flow and handling technology as well as logistics systems. The teaching deputate is 18 SWS per semester. The tasks also include active participation in the continuous development of the courses. With its approximately 9,000 students in five faculties, the Hanover University is the second largest university in the capital of Lower Saxony. A total of over 1,000 teachers, academic, artistic and administrative staff are involved. We are a reliable and caring employer who is also in difficult times. More than 2,100 students from around 60 professors as well as numerous teachers, teachers for special tasks and employees are supervised in the Faculty II. The mechanical engineering and mechanical engineering departments are located on the campus Linden of the Hanover University. The bioprocess engineering department is located in the Ahlem district. The Hanover University of Applied Sciences supports its teachers through an extensive educational and educational programme in the preparation of didactically demanding courses.

A completed university degree in engineering in the field of mechanical engineering, process engineering, plant engineering or packaging technology or a comparable discipline. Practical experience confirmed pedagogical-didactic suitability. Detection of the special ability to intensify independent scientific work must be carried out on an above-average doctorate. The detection of above-average promotional adequate services is possible. The professional career (five years of professional practice, of which at least three years outside the higher education sector) must have evidenced references to one or more subject areas and contents and tasks of the professorship. In addition, special benefits must arise from the activity. Ability to teach in German and English. Willingness to participate in university bodies and further develop the degree programmes of the mechanical engineering and bioprocess engineering departments. You should also meet the following conditions: Knowledge of the packaging technology of sensitive goods through professional activities in the food, pharmaceutical or cosmetics industry. Knowledge of material flow and handling technology. Considering gender and diversity aspects in teaching and research. In-depth scientific knowledge on the field of appeal demonstrated by publications or third-party applications. Willingness to take courses in the basic field. It is desirable that you also meet the following requirements: Knowledge of quality management, environmental management or project management. Joy of interdisciplinary cooperation. Cooperative leadership style, proven by leadership or project management experience. Experience in an international environment. In addition to the participation in the self-management, the university expects its professors to actively participate in the development of the faculties. Incidentally, the conditions for recruitment are laid down in § 25 Niedersächsisches Hochschulegesetz (NHG). Details can be found in a leaflet which can be downloaded here.

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