Postdoc Fellow Lv 1, Civil Engineering, until 28 April 2028

University College Dublin; Dublin; On-site; EUR 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

University College Dublin in Ireland invites applications for a temporary Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 in the School of Civil Engineering. The role centers on implementing high temporal resolution sampling of key parameters across selected study sites reflecting catchment pressures.

The successful candidate will develop approaches to assess hydromorphological condition and target event-based sampling during pollution releases.

Qualifications

• Early stage researchers: just after PhD or entering a new area.

Responsibilities

• Implement high temporal resolution sampling of key parameters across study sites.
• Assess hydromorphological condition at selected study sites.
• Analyse collected data and model studied catchments to inform faster and better decision making within a pressure-stressor-response framework.

Job description

Applications are invited for a temporary post of a Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 within UCD School of Civil Engineering.

The candidate will be involved with implementing high temporal resolution sampling strategies of key parameters (and proxy/ surrogate parameters) across selected study sites that reflect a full range of catchment pressures. In addition, the successful candidate will implement approaches to assess hydromorphological condition (or changes in condition) at these selected study sites. Event based sampling, where pollution releases will be at their highest will be systematically targeted. The candidate will analyse collected data and model studied catchments to inform more rapid and better decision making in the context of a pressure-stressor-response conceptual framework that will be explored.

The PD1 position is intended for early stage researchers, either just after completion of a PhD or for someone entering a new area for the first time.

Fixed Salary: €47,273 per annum.

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 27/10/2026.

If you have already completed your PD1 stage in UCD or will soon complete a PD1, or you are an external applicant whose total Postdoctoral experience, inclusive of the duration of the advertised post, would exceed 4 years, you should not apply and should refer to PD2 posts instead.

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.