Lecturer Project Management and Transdisciplinary Design of Infrastructures

Job description

Infrastructure projects shape our everyday lives. They provide mobility, water, energy and protection from flooding and support economic and societal development. At the same time, infrastructure projects are becoming increasingly complex due to the need to respond to challenges such as climate change, the energy transition, digitalisation, circularity and urbanisation. Their development involves many stakeholders with different interests, responsibilities and perspectives.

How can infrastructure projects bring these different perspectives together? How can project teams understand and manage stakeholder interests? And how can project management and transdisciplinary design help stakeholders jointly frame problems, make choices and develop solutions?

As a Lecturer, you will teach and supervise numerous Bachelor's and Master's students in project management, stakeholder management and integrated infrastructure design. Your contributions are mainly foreseen in the Minor Integral Infrastructure Design, the Master Construction Management and Engineering and the minor Project Management from Nano to Mega.

A key responsibility will be to lead and further develop the Minor Project Management: From Nano to Mega. This is a popular TU Delft-wide minor that brings together students from different faculties and disciplines and introduces them to project management across very different types and scales of projects. You will coordinate the teaching team, work with academic and external contributors and ensure that the minor remains relevant, attractive and well connected to research and practice. As a coordinator, you are also involved in the integration course of this program and optionally, you bring experience in supporting its project finance course. Next to this, you will coordinate and give lectures in the MSc course R&D Methods for Construction and Management Engineering. In parallel, you will contribute to the ongoing delivery of MOOCs in the field of project management: an important contribution to the life-long learning strategy of TU Delft.

Your home base will be the Integral Design and Management (IDM) section within the Department of Materials, Mechanics, Management & Design (3MD), Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences. Our research and education address the design, organisation, delivery and management of infrastructure across its life cycle. The section brings together expertise in projects & programmes, project leadership, construction informatics and systemic change & resilience. We value collaboration, openness and mutual support. To ensure educational quality, the new lecturer will be offered the opportunity to follow the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) program or its condensed version (Supervision and Assessment Principles (SAP)).

Job requirements

You enjoy working with students, colleagues and stakeholders from different disciplines and backgrounds. You are interested in infrastructure challenges and comfortable working at the interface between engineering, management and society.

Furthermore:

• You hold a PhD or equivalent in project management, construction management, civil engineering, systems engineering, engineering management or another relevant field.
• You bring relevant experience regarding topics such as stakeholder engagement, interdisciplinary design, team collaboration, project management and project finance.
• You are enthusiastic about education, have preferably experience teaching and supervising students and you have or are willing to obtain UTQ or its condensed version.
• You communicate and collaborate well in an international environment and have a good command of English. Knowledge of Dutch is an advantage.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)

Working at TU Delft means contributing to solutions that really make a difference.

For over 180 years, we have been training engineers who make an impact worldwide in companies, government bodies, or as entrepreneurs. Our alumni turn knowledge into concrete solutions for the challenges of today and tomorrow. These challenges are changing rapidly. That is why we focus on themes such as energy, climate, digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI), and smart mobility every day. Our education and research are directly aligned with what society needs now and in the future.

At TU Delft, our people make the difference. With their knowledge and curiosity, our staff provide a high-quality education and conduct pioneering research that extends beyond the campus. You will have the opportunity to take the initiative, work with others, and grow as a professional. Working at TU Delft means join an international community of professionals and students. Together, we create knowledge, innovations, and solutions that help move the world forward.

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

The Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences (CEG) is committed to outstanding international research and education in the field of civil engineering, applied earth sciences, traffic and transport, water technology, and delta technology. Our research feeds into our educational programmes and covers societal challenges such as climate change, energy transition, resource availability, urbanisation and clean water. Our research projects are conducted in close cooperation with a wide range of research institutions. CEG is convinced of the importance of open science and supports its scientists in integrating open science in their research practice. The Faculty of CEG comprises 28 research groups in the following seven departments: Materials Mechanics Management & Design, Engineering Structures, Geoscience and Engineering, Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Transport & Planning, Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management.

Conditions of employment

• Duration of contract is 2 years. Temporary.
• A job of 32-40 hours per week.
• A salary based on Scale 10 of the CAO for Dutch Universities with a salary between €3706 - €5760 gross per month based on a fulltime contract (38 hours), plus 8% holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
• An excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
• The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year.
• Discount with health insurers on supplemental packages.
• Flexible working week.
• Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours). You can also sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget.
• Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses.
• Partially paid parental leave
• Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program.

Additional information

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Marian Bosch-Rekveldt via m.g.c.bosch-rekveldt@tudelft.nl.

Application procedure

Are you interested in this vacancy? Please apply no later than 15 October 2026 via the application button and upload the following documents:

• CV
• Motivational letter
• Your vision on education (maximum 2 pages or 500 words).

First interview rounds will take place online in the week of October 26th, 2026.

Please note:

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