PhD Candidate in Project Management

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About the job

We have a vacancy for a PhD candidate at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in Project Management at the Project and Quality Management (PKL) Research Group. The focus of the research will be on project complexity.

Managing a project to a successful outcome is demanding and requires that managers and organizations establish structures, guidelines, incentives, execution models, and contracts that foster the collaboration. One of the most important factors that influence these choices are the complexity of the actual project. Project complexity has been studied for many years; however, there is a need to better understand from both a practitioner’s and an academic’s standpoint how different factors contribute to the complexity and how it best can be managed. 

Your PhD will investigate how project managers and project organizations today evaluate the complexity of their projects, what actions/decisions they take to mitigate the complexity, and to what extent their efforts have had the desired effects on managing the complexity and the project outcome. Your contribution will, in other words, form a basis for future knowledge development on how to manage project complexity. The research should lead to a model/method/tool that can be applied by project practitioners.

As a part of your position, you will join a research group and an extended research environment at NTNU that is internationally recognized for our research and knowledge development within project management and project governance. You will be a part of a group of several other PhD candidates. The position requires you to live in Trondheim, as your contribution to and your contact with the joint research environment are important for your work.

You are expected to be an active and integrated part of the academic environment at the department and to participate in cooperation with several different industries in the private and public sectors. You are expected to obtain data from investment projects in both sectors, both in Norway and internationally. As a part of your work, you will also investigate public projects in the portfolio of Trondheim Municipality. Consequently, your work will focus on projects in all sizes, as complexity should be handled in small as well as large projects. It is desired that you have specific ideas and thoughts of the relevant topic for the doctoral research. You must include a brief description and proposal that indicates thoughts of research questions and methodology for the PhD research.

For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree.

Your will report to Associate Professor, who will be your supervisor.

Duties of the position

• execute a PhD project within 3 years (including obtaining own data for research)
• complete training as part of the PhD degree, a minimum of 30 ECTS
• prepare scientific journal articles and conference papers under supervision
• present results from research at international scientific conferences and in dissertation

Required selection criteria

• you must have a professionally relevant background in  engineering and project management
• your education must correspond to a five-year Norwegian degree program, where 120 credits are obtained at master's level
• you must have a strong academic background from your previous studies and an average grade from the master's degree program, or equivalent education, which is equal to B or better compared with NTNU's grading scale. If you do not have letter grades from previous studies, you must have an equally good academic basis. If you have a weaker grade background, you may be assessed if you can document that you are particularly suitable for a PhD education.
• master's students can apply, but the master's degree must be obtained and documented by start of your position
• you must meet the requirements for admission to the faculty's doctoral program
• you must have excellent written and oral English language skills
• you must upload required documents for the application

The appointment is to be made in accordance with Regulations on terms of employment for positions such as postdoctoral fellow, Phd candidate, research assistant and specialist candidate and Regulations concerning the degrees of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) and Philosodophiae Doctor (PhD) in artistic research national guidelines for appointment as PhD, post doctor and research assistant 

Preferred selection criteria

• you demonstrate a strong motivation for the position
• you have work experience from project-oriented business
• you have an academic background/education within project management, engineering or economics, but other fields may also be relevant for the position
• you demonstrate knowledge/experience in project management theory
• you are fluent in a Scandinavian language, or will quickly acquire Norwegian language skills

Personal characteristics

• highly motivated for PhD
• structured
• enthusiastic, self-driven and able to take initiatives
• collaborative, open-minded and able to work both independently and in team, with high degree of personal responsibility
• good communication skills
• curious and motivated to learn

Emphasis will be placed on personal and interpersonal qualities.

We offer

• exciting and stimulating tasks in a strong international academic environment
• an open and inclusive work environment with dedicated colleagues
• favourable terms in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• employee benefits

Salary and conditions

As a PhD candidate (code 1017) you are normally paid from gross NOK 532 200 per annum before tax, depending on qualifications and seniority. From the salary, 2% is deducted as a contribution to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.

The period of employment is 3 years.

Appointment to a PhD position requires that you are admitted to the PhD programme in Engineering within three months of employment, and that you participate in an organized PhD programme during the employment period.

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The engagement is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants, and the acts relating to Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who by assessment of the application and attachment are seen to conflict with the criteria in the latter law will be prohibited from recruitment to NTNU. After the appointment you must assume that there may be changes in the area of work.

The position is subject to external funding from Trondheim Municipality.

It is a prerequisite you can be present at and accessible to the institution daily.

About the application

The application and supporting documentation to be used as the basis for the assessment must be in English.

Publications and other scientific work must be attached to the application. Please note that your application will be considered based solely on information submitted by the application deadline. You must therefore ensure that your application clearly demonstrates how your skills and experience fulfil the criteria specified above.

The application must include: 

• CV and certificates
• transcripts and diplomas for bachelor's and master's degrees. If you have not completed the master's degree, you must submit a confirmation that the master's thesis has been submitted.
• A copy of the master's thesis. If you recently have submitted your master's thesis, you can attach a draft of the thesis. Documentation of a completed master's degree must be presented before taking up the position.
• Project proposal (including thoughts of research questions and research methods)
• Research plan (including proposed timeline and milestones)
• Motivational letter
• Name and contact information of three referees
• If you have publications or other relevant research work

If all, or parts, of your education has been taken abroad, we also ask you to attach documentation of the scope and quality of your entire education, both bachelor's and master's education, in addition to other higher education. Description of the documentation required can be found here. If you already have a statement from Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills, please attach this as well.

We will take joint work into account. If it is difficult to identify your efforts in the joint work, you must enclose a short description of your participation.

In the evaluation of which candidate is best qualified, emphasis will be placed on education, experience and personal and interpersonal qualities. Motivation, ambitions, and potential will also count in the assessment of the candidates. 

NTNU is committed to following evaluation criteria for research quality according to The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment – DORA.

General information

Working at NTNU

NTNU believes that inclusion and diversity is our strength. We want to recruit people with different competencies, educational backgrounds, life experiences and perspectives to contribute to solving our social responsibilities within education and research. We will facilitate for our employees’ needs.

NTNU is working actively to increase the number of women employed in scientific positions and has a number of resources to promote equality.

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The city of Trondheim is a modern European city with a rich cultural scene. Trondheim is the innovation capital of Norway with a population of 200,000. The Norwegian welfare state, including healthcare, schools, kindergartens and overall equality, is probably the best of its kind in the world. Professional subsidized day-care for children is easily available. Furthermore, Trondheim offers great opportunities for education (including international schools) and possibilities to enjoy nature, culture and family life and has low crime rates and clean air quality.

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As an employee at NTNU, you must at all times adhere to the changes that the development in the subject entails and the organizational changes that are adopted.

A public list of applicants with name, age, job title and municipality of residence is prepared after the application deadline. If you want to reserve yourself from entry on the public applicant list, this must be justified. Assessment will be made in accordance with current legislation. You will be notified if the reservation is not accepted.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Associate Professor Jan Alexander Langlo, telephone +47 922 48 747, email jan.a.langlo@ntnu.no. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact HR Consultant Hedda Winnberg, e-mail: hedda.winnberg@ntnu.no.

If you think this looks interesting and in line with your qualifications, please submit your application electronically via jobbnorge.no with your CV, diplomas and certificates attached. Applications submitted elsewhere will not be considered. Upon request, you must be able to obtain certified copies of your documentation.  

Application deadline: 02.01.2025

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