Research Associate in Hydro-environmental Modelling
3 months ago
**UE07: £37,099 - £44,263 per annum**
**College of Science & Engineering, School of Engineering, Institute for Infrastructure and Environment (IIE)**
**Fixed-term Contract: 24 months**
**Full Time Contract: 35 hours per week
**The Opportunity**:
This Research Associate position will contribute to the CoTide: “Co-design to deliver Scalable Tidal Stream Energy” project, while based within the Institute for Infrastructure and the Environment at the University of Edinburgh, which is funded by the EPSRC and in collaboration with colleagues at Universities of Oxford, Edinburgh and Strathclyde. Together, a team of around 35 researchers and academics from these centres will develop holistic integrated models covering all aspects of tidal stream turbine design from hydrodynamics, through structures and fatigue, to reliability. This role is concentrated on the interactions of tidal stream turbine devices with the environment. In alignment with a specific workstream on tidal stream Metocean, Environment and Ecology aspects, this position aims to address key research challenges and inform the co-design process of tidal devices over the range of conditions they are expected to operate.
This role is grade UE07 and is available on a fixed-term basis for up to 24 months with the possibility of further extension. A full list of main responsibilities and the knowledge, skills and experience required for the role can be found in the full job description below.
**Your skills and attributes for success**:
- A PhD in Engineering, or a clearly related area, with a focus on Computational Science, or a closely related area.
- A track-record of research in coastal ocean hydrodynamics, numerical modelling, or a related area.
- Evidence of developing, communicating and presenting new research ideas to scientific audiences.
Click **here **for a copy of the full job description.
**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits **pension scheme **, **staff discounts, **family friendly initiatives **, flexible working and much more. Access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our **reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages.
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