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Research Associate

Imperial College London - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Location: London
Salary: £48,056 to £56,345 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 21st February 2025
Closes: 6th March 2025
Job Ref: ENG03443
 

Location: South Kensington campus

About the role:

Applications are encouraged for a Research Associate position to work on the project “Safe, Sustainable and Swift Reconstruction of Ukraine” (S3RU), funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

The project aims to recycle concrete demolition waste that has arisen from the war in Ukraine into new infrastructure materials and products. This concrete is expected to be 90% Portland cement concrete, with the remainder containing alkali-activated materials, and the existence of some asbestos contamination. The focus is on recycling the majority uncontaminated fraction of this material but with awareness and management of the other components. The research involves UK investigators from Imperial College London, University of Leeds, University of Sheffield, University of Oxford, as well as Ukrainian partners from the National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Eco+Logic, Lviv Polytechnic National University, ReThink NGO and C2CA Technology B.V.

What you would be doing:

You will be responsible for quantifying the environmental and economic performance of the concrete waste recycling systems developed and deployed in the project. Environmental performance will be assessed by life cycle assessment, and economic performance by technoeconomic analysis. Data will be obtained from project partners and the literature.

You will require regular contributions to research project tasks including positively interacting and communicating with internal and external partners, participating in project meetings, and travelling to those meetings where appropriate. You may also be required to develop research proposals, supervise Masters students, and demonstrate research excellence and leadership to more junior members of the Research Group. You will collaborate with researchers working in the project consortium in partner organisations. You will thus receive strong mentoring in a highly stimulating academic research environment, with access to internationally leading academics, industrial partners, research facilities, and networks.

What we are looking for:

  • Hold a PhD in engineering, science or a closely related field, or equivalent research, industrial or commercial experience
  • Experience of Life cycle assessment
  • Experience of Technoeconomic analysis and/or life cycle costing and/or engineering feasibility studies
  • Knowledge of Systems thinking
  • Productive track record of publishing high-quality papers in peer-reviewed journals
  • Willingness to work as part of a team and to be open-minded and cooperative

What we can offer you:

  • Grow your career: Gain access to Imperial’s sector-leading dedicated career support for researchers as well as opportunities for promotion and progression
  • The opportunity to continue your career at a world-leading institution
  • Sector-leading salary and remuneration package (including 38 days off a year)

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 until 31 March 2026.

For informal enquiries about the post please contact:

Dr Rupert Myers at r.myers@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.

Full information is available within the job description.

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