Lecturer/Senior Lecturers in Quantity Surveying & Building Surveying

Sheffield Hallam University - College of Business, Technology and Engineering - School of Engineering and Built Environment

Placed On: 19th December 2025

Closes: 11th January 2026

Job Ref: 116087

Permanent x 2 roles

Full time – 37 hours per week

Grade 7 - £39,906 to £44,746 per annum (depending on experience)

Grade 8 - £46,049 to £58,225 per annum (depending on experience)

Closing date 11/01/2026 at 23:30

The School of Engineering and Built Environment is based in the College of Business, Technology and Engineering and encompasses a range of subject areas including Quantity Surveying, Building Surveying, and Construction Project Management.

We are recruiting for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in both Quantity Surveying and Building Surveying to join our existing team and welcome applications from candidates with substantial practical UK experience in:

• Sustainability/ environmental impacts
• Sustainable construction technologies
• Sustainable costing
• Digital Construction and BIM
• Building Economics
• Construction Technology, MMC, Lab testing of materials
• Legal issues/ Construction Contract Law
• Procurement and Contract Administration.
• Project Planning
• Health & Safety
• Cost Planning / Commercial Management
• Measurement
• pathology/ control/ conservation and refurbishment
• Building Regs
• Dilapidation Surveys

Please specify within your application your areas of expertise.

Applicants should have an awareness of the current trends, issues, and developments in construction and surveying both nationally and internationally and will be expected to demonstrate an applied understanding of current industry developments during the selection process.

You do not need previous experience of teaching, as this is a great opportunity for an applicant with practical industry experience and a desire to inspire the next generation of Quantity Surveyors and Building Surveyors to embark on a career in academia.

We offer a diverse range of benefits and opportunities to pursue a rewarding and fulfilling career in a supportive environment.

You will be contractually enrolled into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) – one of the largest and most generous defined benefit pension schemes in the country.

Find out more about the TPS

Each year you will earn a secure pension benefit of 1/57th of your salary and the University will pay pension contributions towards the cost of this pension (currently worth about 29% of your salary). For a starting salary of £40,521, for example, the University would pay just over £11,600 in the first year of your employment and you would earn a pension of £711 p.a. for that year (payable from your State Pension Age).

If you are, or have been, a recent member of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) directly prior to joining us, you can choose to opt out of the TPS and remain in the USS. Please contact the Pensions team to discuss options available.

Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from all candidates irrespective of age, pregnancy and maternity, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.

For this job we particularly welcome applications from minority ethnic applicants who are underrepresented in this area/ this type of job at Sheffield Hallam.

The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international applicants in this role; this will depend on a number of factors specific to the individual applicant.

We welcome applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements

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