LABORATORY / FIELD RESEARCH ASSISTANT

HYDROMET

centre for Hydrology, Micrometeorology and Climate Change,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University College Cork.

Status: 18 months from April 2007
Closing Date: F riday 16 March, 2007
Salary: Up to €35,000 per annum (plus pension contribution of 13.5% of salary).

The Hydromet Research Centre has a range of research projects in the fields of atmospheric science, hydrology, ecosystems modelling and soil science. To support this research a Research Assistant is required to assist with installation of field instrumentation, collection of air samples, operation and maintenance of a gas chromatography system, and maintenance of field instrumentation when necessary.

The successful candidate will have:

• A third level qualification in Applied Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Instrumentation, Environmental Science or a related discipline, with a strong practical capability and an efficient approach to laboratory work.
• Experience of laboratory or field equipment such as gas chromatographs, data acquisition systems and data communications.
• IT and programming skills (e.g. one or more of Visual Basic, assembler, Matlab, Labview, IDL/ENVI, C/++, FORTRAN or Java)
• A full clean driving licence is desirable.
  Further information on the activities of the Centre is available at http://www.hydromet.org/. For informal discussion contact Prof. Ger Kiely (g.kiely@ucc.ie).

Candidates should submit a letter outlining their suitability for the position and their curriculum vitae, to include the names, addresses and emails of three academic referees, to:

Prof. Ger Kiely,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University College Cork, Ireland.
Email: g.kiely@ucc.ie