Applications are invited for the role of Post-Doctoral Researcher/Senior Post Doctoral Researcher at the MaREI Centre of Energy, Climate and Marine/Environmental Research Institute.

 

Please note that this position can be filled at Post-Doctoral or Senior Post-Doctoral level, depending on qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. 

 

The successful candidate will join a team of researchers focused on structural health monitoring and modelling of infrastructure with particular emphasis on marine and coastal structures. The researcher will be responsible for undertaking structural and hydrodynamic analysis as well as occasional field testing and physical modelling at the Lir National Ocean Test Facility. A key feature of the role is examining both offshore wind and ocean energy technology from a structural performance perspective.

 

The ideal candidate will have a PhD in Hydrodynamics or Mechanical/Electrical/Structural Engineering or a closely related discipline. They will ideally have some postdoctoral experience and a record of scholarly publication and academic excellence. They will have robust analytic and programming skills. The ideal candidate will have experience with structural health monitoring systems design installations and analysis. They will be required to have good organisational skills and an understanding of offshore renewable energy devices.

 

Working location: The successful applicant will be based either in UCC’s Cummings Building or Beaufort Building in the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) (https://www.ucc.ie/en/eri/), which is an internationally recognised institute for environmental research dedicated to the understanding and protection of our natural environment and to developing innovative technologies, tools and services to facilitate a transformation to a zero-carbon and resource-efficient society. Overlooking a protected natural reserve and the River Lee, the ERI is a welcoming, diverse, and modern workplace.

The MaREI Centre of Energy, Climate and Marine (www.marei.ie) is the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) centre of excellence in Energy, Climate and Marine research in Ireland.  The MaREI Centre includes 13 Universities, Third Level Institutes and Research Organisations, has 103 industrial partners, and has research funding of approximately €60m.  It combines the expertise of a wide range of research groups and industry partners, with the shared mission of solving the main scientific, technical, and socio-economic challenges across the energy, climate and marine domains.  Researchers in the MaREI Centre have over 30 years of experience in conducting fundamental and applied research supported by competitively won national and international funding, and commercial contracts with government agencies and industry.  MaREI’s strengths lie in the multi-disciplinary nature of its research teams, allowing it to combine insights across areas such as Marine Renewable Energy Technologies, Materials & Structures, Observations & Operations, Coastal & Marine Systems, Bioenergy, Circular Economy, Energy Policy & Modelling, and Renewable Energy Management.

 
 

The successful candidate will work on a variety of Offshore renewable energy projects including the €15million Horizon Europe WEDUSEA project and the SEAI funded Mega4wind project . WEDUSEA led by Irish Wave Energy Developer, Ocean Energy, is a project that will demonstrate a grid connected 1MW OE35 floating wave energy converter (known as the OE Buoy) at the European Marine Energy Test Site (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. UCC’s role on the project is primarily on the design, procurement and operation of the data acquisition and telemetry system for the OE35. UCC also has a role in environmental monitoring and impact assessment, consenting and performance reliability analysis.  The MEGA4Wind project proposes a disruptive and innovative solution for the wind industry, a novel floating vertical axis solution. The MEGA4Wind project will look at optimising the technology for megawatt-scale developments through the use of state-of-the-art numerical modelling. The project will investigate the optimum turbine configurations on the single floating platform from both a performance and Levelised Cost of Energy (LCoE) aspect. This optimised configuration shall then undergo scaled experimental trials in controlled laboratory conditions. UCC’s role is to design and test a scale model of the concept in the LIR NOTF.

 

Project Title: WEDUSEA, Mega4Wind & Design Flexibility for Offshore Wind.

 

Post Duration: 30 Months.

 

Salary: Post-Doctoral Researcher: €44,347- €50,805 p.a. (IUA PD1 Salary Scale), Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher: €52,193- €56,765 p.a. (IUA PD2 Salary Scale) 

 

For an information package including further details of the post see https://ore.ucc.ie/.  

 

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Dr. Michael O’Shea, MAREI Tel: + 353 (0) 24864300; Email: Michaeloshea@ucc.ie

 

Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (https://ore.ucc.ie/). Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to recruitment@ucc.ie, quoting the job-title and project name.

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Friday, 26th July, 2024.