Research Associate in Environmental Engineering

Job summary

We are seeking a Research Associate to join the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. This role will appeal to researchers with a background in hydrology, environmental sciences/engineering, physical geography or similar field. The work will focus on understanding monitoring and modelling water pollution from diffuse and point sources. The post is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council through the SMARTWATER project,...

Job listing information

• Reference ENG02739
• Date posted 14 August 2023
• Closing date 24 September 2023

Key information about the role

• Location South Kensington Campus - On site only

• Position type Full time, fixed term
• Salary £45,593 – £53,630 plus benefits

• Department Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Category Researcher / Non Clinical Researcher

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking a Research Associate to join the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. This role will appeal to researchers with a background in hydrology, environmental sciences/engineering, physical geography or similar field. The work will focus on understanding monitoring and modelling water pollution from diffuse and point sources.

The post is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council through the SMARTWATER project, led by the University of Birmingham. It is a large collaborative initiative between multiple institutions, including the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the British Geological survey. You will be responsible for the design, implementation, and operation of a network of hydrological sensors in three experimental sites in the UK. You will also be involved in the management, curation, and analysis of the data streams produced by the networks, including machine learning-based prediction of hot spots and moments of water quality issues.

You will also undertake project management, supervise multi-disciplinary and international teams, and submit publications to refereed journals.

Duties and responsibilities

The key responsibilities of the post will be the design and implementation of a novel hydrological monitoring system, that is dynamically adapted for the optimization of the identification of diffuse and point water pollutions sources. As part of your work, you will have the chance to collaborate within a highly interdisciplinary team exploring the innovative technologies in environmental sensing. You will be able to develop skills related to research leaderships and supervision and receive training on external fund acquisition. 

Essential requirements

• Hold a PhD in Hydrology, Environmental Engineering or a closely related field, or equivalent research, industrial or commercial experience,

• Practical experience within a research environment and / or publication in relevant and refereed journals,

• Knowledge of hydrological processes,

• Creative approach to problem-solving,

• Willingness to work as part of a team and to be open-minded and cooperative.

Further information

As Imperial College staff, in addition to a competitive salary and package of attractive terms and conditions of service, we offer many more benefits to enjoy. This includes career development tailored to your ambitions, an attractive pension scheme, and generous family leave packages. We have a flexible, supportive work environment and encourage you to achieve and maintain a healthy work-life balance!

This is a fixed term post for 2 years, with an estimated start date in early 2024.

For informal enquiries about the post please contact Professor Wouter Buytaert at w.buytaert@imperial.ac.uk.

Any queries regarding the application process should be directed to Briony Webb at b.webb@imperial.ac.uk.

Candidates who have not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be appointed as Research Assistant.

Further information is available within the job description.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds and disabilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the interview process and to perform crucial job functions, as well as other support including staff networks. Please contact us to request accommodation.

The College is a proud signatory to the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published. For more information, see https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-evaluation/

The College believes that the use of animals in research is vital to improve human and animal health and welfare. Animals may only be used in research programmes where their use is shown to be necessary for developing new treatments and making medical advances. Imperial is committed to ensuring that, in cases where this research is deemed essential, all animals in the College’s care are treated with full respect, and that all staff involved with this work show due consideration at every level.

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-integrity/animal-research/ 

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Documents

• Job-Description-RA.pdf