Professor in Construction Automation
at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Salary
- Highly competitive remuneration package will be offered
- Contract
- Full Time, Permanent
- Closing date
- 1 November 2026
- Listed
- 2 September 2026, from jobs.ac.uk
The advert
THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY Rooted in 90 years of heritage and intellectual achievement, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has evolved alongside society and made pivotal contributions to the development of Hong Kong, the Nation and the world. The University pursues world-class excellence in education, research and knowledge transfer to nurture socially responsible professionals and leaders, as well as to drive impactful research and innovation. PolyU will strive to continually excel as an innovative world-class university that makes a positive impact on society, living up to the University’s motto: “To learn and to apply, for the benefit of mankind”. Ranked among the top 100 universities globally by well-known ranking organisations such as Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), Times Higher Education (THE) and U.S. News & World Report, PolyU offers a wide range of world-class educational and research programmes in seven faculties and three independent schools. PolyU has furthermore achieved commendable results in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 – it is ranked in the global top 30 for five subjects, is first in Hong Kong for four subjects, and is in the global top 100 for 24 subjects. For further details about the University, please visit PolyU’s website at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ . DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE Professor in Construction Automation (Ref. 260901009) The Department of Construction Management and Intelligence is one of the constituent departments of the Faculty of Construction and Environment. The Department offers a full range of programmes leading to the awards of Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Philosophy, Master of Science and Bachelor of Science. It has an undergraduate student body of over 600 full-time students and a postgraduate student body of over 300. The Department currently has a total of 25 full-time academic staff, 20 technical and administrative staff and over 100 research personnel. The Department is committed to excellence in teaching, research and service to the community. Please visit the website at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/cmi/ for more information about the Department. The Department is looking for enthusiastic, established and suitably qualified person with a PhD degree to join the Department to take part in a number of teaching and research activities. Duties The appointee will be required to: Conduct research in related areas and contribute to the development of the Department’s strategic research area of Construction Automation / AI and Robotics for Construction and Construction Engineering; Initiate, lead and participate in scholarly research in his/her area of expertise and be active in research leading to quality journal publications and in bidding for external research grants and projects; Be responsible for developing externally-funded research programme by supervising / coaching students at bachelor / master / PhD / doctoral degree level; Contribute t