Job description
Founded in 1843, IMT Mines Alès currently has 1,400 students (including 250 international students) and 380 staff members. The school has three research and teaching centers of high scientific and technological caliber, working in the fields of materials and civil engineering (C2MA), the environment and risk management (CREER), and artificial intelligence and industrial and digital engineering (CERIS). It operates 12 technology platforms and has 1,600 partner companies. For more information: https://www.imt-mines-ales.fr
You will join CREER, which is organized around two research units: the UPR GARANCe (Management of Industrial Activities and Risks to Anticipate Future Changes) and the UMR HSM (HydroSciences Montpellier).
As an Associate Professor at the Institut Mines-Télécom, you will be responsible for teaching, research, and technology transfer.
Teaching Activities
- Participate in the engineering school’s teaching activities (general education, apprenticeship, doctoral programs, master’s programs, and specialized master’s programs);
- Join, based on your expertise, the teaching team responsible for thermotechnical courses (50 hours) within the first-year “Energy” teaching unit, delivered as a cross-curricular project;
- Manage and participate in the elective course “Energy in Industrialized Societies”;
- Teach in the Department of Environmental, Energy, and Risk Engineering (I2ER);
- Participate in second-year courses in process engineering;
- Participate in supervising students during educational projects, field assignments, internships, and tutoring students enrolled as full-time students or employed as apprentices;
- Minimum teaching load: 150 hours/year, with a gradual increase over the first three years.
Research Activities
Conduct research within the CREER center, the HydroSciences Montpellier (HSM) Joint Research Unit (UMR), or the GARANCe Research Unit (UPR), focusing on environmental issues, risk management, and ecological and industrial transition.
Within the HSM Joint Research Unit (UMR):
- Conduct research on water–environment–health interactions: impacts of climate change, emerging contaminants, energy efficiency, and water reuse.
- Possible research topics across several thematic areas: Development of advanced processes for the removal of emerging contaminants; Design of energy-efficient and low-carbon processes; Treatment and reuse of treated wastewater; Treatment of industrial effluents/discharges and deployment of innovative solutions for effluent treatment.
Within the GARANCe UPR:
- Conduct research related to industrial and energy transitions and their impacts on regions.
- Possible research areas include: Modeling and simulation of combustion and explosion phenomena; Dispersion and transport of pollutants resulting from industrial accidents; Safety of processes related to the energy transition.
Technology Commercialization and Transfer Activities
- Contribute to the development and promotion of IMT Mines Alès’s industrial contacts within the economic ecosystem;
- Identify and establish research and innovation contracts with industrial and academic partners, as well as draft funding proposals for public agencies or international programs
- Serve as the liaison with the contractual partner, oversee the scientific objectives defined in the project, lead a project team, and monitor the project’s progress and related communications.
- Be able to understand the process of commercially exploiting research results in order to identify opportunities to contribute to cooperation between academic research, industrial research, and the manufacturing sectors.
- Within your scientific and technical area of expertise, carry out initiatives designed to support companies or the school’s incubator in order to foster the creation of spin-offs and the development of technology-based companies.
You can find more information in the job description here:
https://partage.imt.fr/index.php/s/6RpTdwrWYf4ngNY
Job requirements
The position requires proven experience in teaching and research in the field of process engineering, particularly in modeling, numerical simulation, and wastewater treatment. The candidate must be fluent in English, able to work as part of a team, develop research projects, and promote their work to academic and industrial partners. International experience is preferred.
The evaluation criteria are:
Required degree: Ph.D. in one of the following fields: process engineering, chemical engineering, bioprocesses, environmental sciences, fluid mechanics, energy, thermal engineering, or mass transfer.
Primary selection criteria for teaching activities:
- Quality of instruction provided
- Emphasis on pedagogical innovation
- Activity and reputation within the academic community
Selection criteria for research activities
- National and international recognition of research results
- Responsibilities held in the field of expertise
- Relationships with the academic and industrial communities
The exercise of leadership responsibilities, organizational activities, and participation in consultative and decision-making bodies are also taken into account in the evaluation criteria.
Application Guidelines
The application form can be downloaded from this link: https://partage.imt.fr/index.php/s/DT9ZZPFPNpHm5HD
Please complete it only if you meet the requirements listed above.
It must be accompanied by, among other things, a resume, a cover letter, any letters of recommendation, as well as a copy of your ID card, your diplomas, and any certificates of training or internships.
Recruitment Schedule
Application deadline: August 31, 2026
Estimated date of the pre-selection committee meeting (candidates do not need to attend): First half of September.
Eligible candidates will be notified as soon as possible after this date.
Estimated date of the recruitment committee meeting (in-person interviews with eligible candidates at IMT Mines Alès): Second half of September.
Desired start date: November 1, 2026
Contacts
For teaching and research matters:
Laurent APRIN, Director of CREER, [email protected]
Juliette CERCEAU, HSM Coordinator for IMT Mines Alès, [email protected]
Luc MALHAUTIER, Director of the GARANCe UPR, [email protected]
Sandrine BAYLE, Academic Director of the I2ER Department, [email protected]
For administrative matters:
Géraldine BRUNEL, Director of Human Resources, [email protected]
Additional Information:
Recruitment is open in the field of “process engineering.”
The position offered by IMT Mines Alès is a full-time, permanent position under public law, governed by the management framework of the Institut Mines-Télécom, at the rank of Associate Professor, occupation C, category II.
This position is open to all. IMT Mines Alès is committed to providing the necessary accommodations for people with disabilities to ensure an inclusive and accessible work environment.
Join us and enjoy these many benefits:
- Option to work remotely
- Generous vacation time
- On-site dining
- 75% reimbursement for public transportation costs
- Sustainable mobility allowance for carpooling or biking
- Wide range of employee benefits
- Stimulating innovation ecosystem (startups, students, research, companies, etc.)
- Ideal environment for pursuing your passions (near the sea and mountains)
