Department Info

The Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
is proud to be among the top civil & environmental
engineering departments in the country. We are ranked
8th (undergraduate) and 9th (graduate) among all civil &
environmental engineering programs at public institutions.
Our students are highly recruited, and our graduates are
widely regarded as among the most work-ready young
engineers in the country. The department faculty are
recognized for excellence in all aspects of scholarship:
teaching, research, and professional service. With more than
74 faculty, 800 undergraduate students, and 438 graduate
students; the department is the largest civil & environmental
engineering program in the country. Few departments
have the combination of resources, faculty expertise,
breadth of programs, facilities, and degree offerings that
civil & environmental engineering at Texas A&M provides.
Current programs include: coastal engineering, construction
engineering & management, environmental engineering,
geotechnical engineering, materials engineering, structural
engineering, transportation engineering, and water resources
engineering.

Job Description
The College of Engineering at Texas A&M University invites
applications for a full-time tenured professor and department
head for the Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering with an 11-month academic appointment. The
college is seeking a dynamic, innovative, and visionary leader
who can continue to advance the department. The successful
applicant will be an innovative thinker with a strategic vision
for guiding the department to a higher level of excellence
who can communicate this vision to a constituency that
includes academia, government, industry, and former
students. The candidate must have notable accomplishments
and experience in research, academic or industry leadership,
teaching, and scholarship.
Candidates must demonstrate a vision for supporting,
directing, and enhancing the goals of the department. This
leadership position includes opportunities for research
and teaching as well as expanding the department’s
interdisciplinary research in visionary areas.

The department head will:
• Demonstrate leadership, mentoring, and administrative
skills;
• Promote continued growth of the department in
research excellence, faculty engagement, and graduate
education;
• Lead and motivate high standards for continued
excellence and innovation in undergraduate education;
• Build commitment and support for the department
from a wide variety of constituent groups such as
former students, industry, and government laboratories;
• Provide effective and transparent budget management
and promote an environment of integrity to stimulate
faculty, staff, and students to succeed at the highest
levels;
• Organize the pursuit of research funding opportunities
(grants and contracts) and fund-raising campaigns for
scholarship and endowments through strengthening
relationships with diverse stakeholder groups;
• Facilitate collaborations with the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station (TEES), the Texas A&M
Transportation Institute (TTI), the Center for
Infrastructure Renewal (CIR), the Offshore Technology
Research Center (OTRC), and other system components.
• Continue a successful distinguished research and
academic record commensurate with the title of
tenured full professor.

University/College Info
Texas A&M University is located in the twin cities of Bryan
and College Station, Texas, with a population of more than
273,000 and conveniently centrally located in a triangle
formed by Dallas, Houston and Austin. Texas A&M has more
than 69,400 graduate and undergraduate students enrolled.
Research expenditures total more than $922 million annually,
ranking Texas A&M in the top tier of universities nationwide.
With an endowment valued at more than $13.6 billion, the
university ranks 3rd among U.S. public universities and 8th
overall. With more than 700 faculty members and over 20,000
students, the College of Engineering is one of the largest
engineering schools in the country. The college is ranked
8th in graduate studies and 7th in undergraduate programs
among public institutions by U.S. News & World Report, with
seven of the college’s 15 departments ranked in the Top 10.
The college is also ranked 3rd in research expenditures by
the American Society for Engineering Education. Texas A&M
is aware that attracting and retaining exceptional faculty
often depends on meeting the needs of two careers and
having policies that contribute to work-life balance. For more
information visit http://dof.tamu.edu/Faculty-Resources/
CURRENT-FACULTY/Faculty-Work-Life.

Application Instructions
Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae,
teaching statement, research statement, diversity statement,
and a list of four references (including postal addresses,
phone numbers, and email addresses) for this specific
position at apply.interfolio.com/84701. Applicants should
also submit a three-page statement summarizing his/her
personal education/research vision and goals for the Zachry
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, as well as
his/her philosophy of academic leadership for achieving those
goals. Full consideration will be given to applications received
by May 1, 2021. Applications received after that date may
be considered until the position is filled. It is anticipated the
appointment will begin as soon as Fall 2021 but is negotiable.

Job Contact

Dr. Jeff Spath
Civil & Environmental Engineering Department Head Search
Committee Chair, Texas A&M University
pete-dh@tamu.edu 

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