Lecturer (Construction Management) or Senior Lecturer (Construction Management)

Lecturer (Construction Management) or Senior Lecturer (Construction Management)

Total remuneration range $133,256 to $186,598 pa

Full-time continuing appointment

Toowoomba or Springfield campus

This is your opportunity to contribute to high-quality teaching, impactful research, and industry engagement in Construction Management within a growing and future-focused university environment.

At UniSQ, we are committed to delivering practical, industry-relevant education and advancing research that supports a sustainable, digital, and resilient built environment. This role provides an excellent platform to grow your academic career, expand research impact, and strengthen industry partnerships.

Appointment will be made at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level depending on experience, research profile, and academic leadership capability.

Who you are

You are an engaged and forward-thinking academic with expertise in Construction Management or a closely related discipline. You are passionate about teaching excellence and committed to preparing graduates for evolving industry demands.

You bring a collaborative mindset to build partnerships with industry and academic peers and a commitment to develop a research profile with real-world impact in an inclusive and student-centred environment. At the Senior Lecturer level, you will also demonstrate academic leadership, mentoring capability, and an established research track record with growing recognition.

What you'll do

You will play a key role in shaping graduates equipped for the future construction industry and strengthening UniSQ’s applied research and industry engagement capability.

This will be your opportunity to deliver high-quality teaching using contemporary, student-centred approaches and digital learning technologies, conduct impactful research that contributes to knowledge, industry outcomes, and build and maintain strong industry and community partnerships.

In Your First 6–12 Months, you will:

• Establish effective teaching delivery and positive student engagement
• Contribute to course and program development
• Initiate or expand research outputs and collaborations
• Build connections with industry stakeholders
• Begin contributing to academic service and team collaboration

What will help you succeed

Essential

• A doctoral qualification (or equivalent accreditation) in Construction Management or a related discipline
• Demonstrated tertiary teaching experience with evidence of student-centred, high-quality learning outcomes
• A developing (Lecturer) or established (Senior Lecturer) research track record, including publications and/or applied research outcomes
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively

Highly Regarded

• Experience engaging with industry, government, or professional bodies
• Success in securing or contributing to external research funding
• Experience supervising higher degree research students
• Leadership experience in curriculum or program development (Senior Lecturer level)

For further information about this role, please contact Professor Prasad Yarlagadda, Head of School and Dean (Science, Engineering and Digital Technologies) via +61 7 3470 4179 or hos-sedt@unisq.edu.au.

Building on its strengths as Australia’s leading regional university, UniSQ partners closely with its communities to drive innovation and create opportunity through education and research. Guided by our values of respect, integrity, and excellence, UniSQ’s Strategic Plan 2026–2030 sets a clear ambition: to be Australia’s most transformative university by embracing our regional identity, fostering inclusive learning and research environments, and delivering globally relevant outcomes with strong local impact.

The University offers a range of different ways of working and connecting across our physical and virtual spaces to meet the needs of our students, partners and community. We value diversity and strive to foster an inclusive environment that is underpinned by our values and champions, embraces and respects differences.

We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups. With an increasingly diverse workforce, we understand that careers may be placed on hold or limited throughout many life circumstances.

Find out more about UniSQ at www.unisq.edu.au.

To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.

Reference Number: 0110_05/26

Location: Toowoomba/Springfield campus

Term: Full-time continuing appointment (37.5 hours/week)

Salary:

Lecturer (Construction Management) - Total remuneration range $133,256 to $157,504 pa (includes salary range of $112,381 to $132,831 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)

Senior Lecturer (Construction Management) - Total remuneration range $162,350 to $186,598 pa (includes salary range of $136,917 to $157,367 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)

Closes: Thursday, 11 June 2026 at 11:30 pm (AEST)

At UniSQ we are united by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence, which guide our daily actions and decision-making. UniSQ is a child safe organisation.

As part of the University of Southern Queensland's commitment to fostering a safe, respectful and rewarding work environment and in compliance with our legal obligations, we require candidates to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender Based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender Based Violence, during the course of their previous employment or in any legal process.

This information helps us meet our legal obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence, and will be considered when determining a candidate's suitability for employment, so that we can keep our University community safe.

If you know that this role is right for you, please submit your current resume together with a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your skills and experience relative to ‘Who we’re looking for’ in the position description.

For more information on our selection process please refer to your recruitment journey, available on our website.