Job Description

Closing date

Monday, 5 January 2026, 23:59

Salary

37,174 - 45,413 per annum

Grade 7

Contract type

Fixed Term

Campus
City
School/Directorate
School of Science and Engineering
Unit/Department
Biomedical Engineering

The School of Science and Engineering has an international reputation for excellent teaching and topical research and

creating valuable impact, particularly in addressing global challenges in energy, the environment, health care,

technology, forensic science and infrastructure.

With its awardwinning Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID), and departments in engineering,

computing, physics and mathematics, the School offers a portfolio of disciplines and curriculums and state of the art

facilities which prepare and inform the scientists and engineers of tomorrow. The School is run by an enthusiastic,

committed and approachable team of experts who are recognised for their teaching approaches and cutting edge

research. The School also has advanced facilities for the development of offshore renewable energy including the

Scottish Marine & Renewables Testing Laboratory (SMART) and the Dundee Geotechnical Centrifuge Centre.

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to adopt the role of an Impact Associate to accelerate

the Impact of University Research and encourage industry to use university facilities to help innovate industry

solutions to aid the offshore wind supply chain. This role will form part of the activities of the EPSRC Offshore Wind

Placed Based Impact Accelerator (PBIAA) based in the Forth and Tay regions which represents a partnership between

the University of Dundee, the University of Edinburgh and Forth and Tay Offshore (an industry body). This role is

specifically to work in the area of mooring and anchoring solutions for offshore wind only. It will have a specific focus

on geotechnical engineering within these areas.

Your priorities will include:

Liaison with the industry supply chain to evolve emerging solutions in offshore mooring and anchoring

Carry out scaled physical and numerical testing to verify the performance of industry developments

Realising the impact of new and existing research and previous developments undertaken at the University

of Dundee

Integrate innovation activities with the mooring line studies being undertaken at the University of Edinburgh

Who we're looking for:

Completed a PhD in applied Geotechnical Engineering

Experience with advanced physical and numerical modelling including centrifuge and 1 g testing.

A track record of scientific publication commensurate with experience

Evidence of initiative in the formulation, planning, and implementation of research and impact activities

Capable of managing own academic portfolio and associated activities to meet deadlines

We are one of the UK's leading universities, internationally recognised for our expertise across a range of disciplines

and research breakthroughs in multiple areas, including science, medicine and engineering, amongst many others.

Our purpose is to transform lives, locally and globally, which we do as a community of staff (Professional Services and

academic Schools), students and alumni.

To further discuss the details of this post, informal inquires may be made to Prof Michael Brown

m.j.z.brown@dundee.ac.uk

The diversity of our staff and students helps to make the University of Dundee a UK university of choice for

undergraduate, postgraduate and distance learning. Family friendly policies, staff networks for BME, Disabled and

LGBT staff, membership of Athena SWAN, the ECU Race Equality Charter and Stonewall as well a full range of

disability services, create an enjoyable and inclusive place to work