Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher, Civil Engineering

12 Months, fixed-term, whole-time post

Position summary

This Marine Institute funded project will focus on presenting a Project Design Envelope (PDE) approach to Fixed offshore wind technology off the Irish Coast.  Under the Maritime Area Planning (MAP) Act 2021 new consenting processes  are being established for offshore renewable energy (ORE). The first commercial  scale ORE projects will be fixed foundation offshore wind projects. It is  recognised that the technology used in such projects continues to evolve at  pace, enabling more electricity to be produced in a given footprint. Such  advances may result in changes to individual turbines of which a number would  make up a particular project.

To inform the Government’s view on how such variation might be  accommodated in ORE decision making and how much change is reasonable, an improved understanding is needed as to the degree to which changes in technology alter the impact of wind farms as identified in assessments such as  EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) and AA (Appropriate Assessments)  processes. This study will seek to review examples of global ORE activity to date  and provide insights that informs the ORE consenting process.

Post Duration: 12 months

Salary: €48,813 - €53,092 p.a. (IUA PD2 Salary Scale)

Project Title: Offshore Wind Design Flexibility

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

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Michael O’Shea, Lecturer in Structural Engineering Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Email: [email protected]

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 [email protected], quoting the job-title and project name.

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Friday,  2nd February 2024.

No late applications will be accepted.

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