We seek to employ a Research Associate to join the CoTide research team, which is a major programme grant awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to establish a world leading research partnership on tidal stream energy in collaboration with the Universities of Oxford, Edinburgh and Sheffield.

Salary range: £36,024 - £44,263

FTE: 1

Term: Fixed (24 months)

Closing date: 17 September 2024 

University of Strathclyde hosts the highest ranked Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering (NAOME) Department in Europe and is a world-leader in marine structural integrity. The NAOME Department has recently secured a major programme grant awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to establish a world leading research partnership on tidal stream energy in collaboration with the Universities of Oxford, Edinburgh and Sheffield. “Co-design to deliver Scalable Tidal Stream Energy” (CoTide) is an ambitious 5-year programme to develop and demonstrate holistic integrated tools and design processes for tidal stream energy that will help to reduce costs and support innovation to accelerate technology development and deployment for the tidal stream industry. Together, a team of around 35 researchers and academics from the Universities of Oxford, Edinburgh, Strathclyde and Sheffield will develop holistic integrated models covering all aspects of tidal stream turbine design from hydrodynamics, through structures and fatigue, to reliability.

We seek to employ a Research Associate to join the CoTide research team at the University of Strathclyde. As a Research Associate and under the general supervision of line manager, you will play a key role in the research developments such as:

a) Life-cycle damage analysis & structural reliability
b) Digitalisation enabled operation & maintenance

You will be expected to write up project reports and produce high-quality journal/conference publications. Additionally, you will need to contribute to the securing of funds for research, including drafting grant proposals and planning for future proposals.

To be considered for the role, you should have a minimum of PhD level in an appropriate discipline such as offshore engineering, ocean engineering and structural engineering, or have significant relevant experience in addition to a relevant degree. You should have sufficient breadth or depth of knowledge in:

• Marine renewables
• Structural and structural integrity analysis
• Structural reliability
• Structural inspection planning
• Structural monitoring

You will have an ability to conduct individual research work, to plan and organise your own workload effectively and to work within a team environment. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to listen, engage and persuade, and to present complex information in an accessible way to a range of audiences.

Whilst not essential for the role, applications are welcomed from candidates with: relevant work experience, membership of relevant Chartered/professional bodies (including the Higher Education Academy), experience of relevant student supervision and teaching activities, and/or experience of knowledge exchange related activities.

For informal enquiries, please contact Feargal Brennan, James Blyth Distinguished Professor of Offshore Engineering - feargal.brennan@strath.ac.uk

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