JOBS AT GREENSPACE RESEARCH

We're starting major expansion of our renewable energy and built environment research group based at Lews Castle College UHI in Stornoway. We're recruiting researchers and developing two new energy research laboratories.

Positions Available (PDF)

For more detail email: valarie.ferguson at lews.uhi.ac.uk

• READER - Energy and Built Environment Research ~ Ref: LCCGR/15 – Salary negotiable You will be responsible for major research deliverables focused on renewable energy and the built environment. You will supervise a team of energy research experts and support the development of new state-of-the-art Energy Visualisation and Low Carbon Buildings Laboratories. You will contribute substantially to the long-term sustainability of the research programme, help bring the institution to national and international prominence in the energy field and strongly influence related teaching developments. You will have a PhD in physics, engineering or a related discipline and have a strong and growing reputation in energy and built environment research. Extensive experience of advanced simulation tools such as Trnsys and Fluent is highly desirable.
• Research Associate Ref: LCCGR/12 Salary range £24,000- £30,000 The successful candidate will be a key part of a team that is developing and implementing high-performance comput-ational software tools for modelling energy flow in the built environment. You will be responsible for development and visualisation of computational fluid dynamic solutions of thermodynamic equations with emphasis on wind, fluid and solar modelling. You will have a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Physics or related engineering or science discipline, a deep knowledge of numerical analysis, scientific computing, and nonlinear systems and knowledge of numerical methods.
• Energy Engineer Ref: LCCGR/20 Salary range £25,000- £34,000 The main function of the post is to provide energy engineering and laboratory management support for a high quality applied research programme in renewable and low carbon energy system solutions. Research topics encompass built environment, wind, solar, heat pump, and hydrogen technologies. Laboratory and field instrumentation will include thermographic, optical, and acoustic sensing systems. You will have extensive industry or engineering lab experience and will possess diverse applied skills in mechanical, electronic or building services engineering, with the ability to proceed from an engineering design phase to workshop prototype implementation and with a strong practical, hands-on focus. You will have an HND or degree in an engineering or science discipline.
• Research Associate Ref: LCCGR/9 Salary range £24,000- £30,000 The successful candidate will be responsible for research in energy economics. Regional energy models, GIS models and case studies will be developed supported by tools such as Markal/Times, GreenNet and eTransport. You will have a first degree in Engineering or related science discipline, and a Ph.D with a strong emphasis on energy economics. Experience of GIS modelling is desirable.
• Researchers (7 positions) Ref: LCCGR/6, LCCGR/7, LCCGR/10, LCCGR/11, LCCGR/13, LCCGR/14, LCCGR/18 Salary package up to £16,000 Candidates are sought for experimental and theoretical research posts to work on energy and built environment projects, including energy software tool development, wind and solar systems, weather datasets, energy economics, novel building materials, dynamic insulation, fuel cells and heat pumps. Research project durations of 1.5 and 3.5 years are available depending on aptitude and preference. Applicants will be able to register with UHI Millennium Institute for M.Sc or PhD degrees in the field of Sustainability Studies. You will have a 2.1 honours degree or above in a science, software, economics or geography related discipline.
• Software Engineer Ref: LCCGR/4 Salary range £16,000- £22,000 The successful candidate will be responsible for further research and development of advanced software tools developed by the group. You will have extensive experience of the Google SketchUp API, Ruby, Java and Hibernate software frameworks and SQL databases. You will have a 2.1 honours degree or above in a Computing Science or related discipline.