Research Associate or Senior Research Associate in Water Systems Modelling

The role

Based in the Water and Environmental Engineering Research Group (www.bristol.ac.uk/engineering/research/water/) within the School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering at the University of Bristol, this is an opportunity to join a strong team developing state-of-the-art methods for the planning and management of water resource systems. You will work with the project PI (F Pianosi) on a Trans-national "Water4all" project on "Water management and Adaptation based on watershed digital twins" (https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/projects/water-management-and-adaption-based-on-watershed-digital-twins/), focusing on the development of new methods to support planning and management of water resource systems, with focus on groundwater modelling and management.

What will you be doing?

You will:

• Work with the PI (Pianosi) and other researchers in the trans-national consortium to develop methods for water resource planning focusing on groundwater systems.
• Test and demonstrate the new methods on dataset from Great Britain and other European countries.
• Contribute to implementing the new methods in open source-software packages.
• Contribute to the dissemination of project output through participation to conferences and the production of academic papers.

You should apply if

• You have a PhD (or working towards) in Environmental Engineering/Science (or equivalent experience) with a strong mathematical background
• You have previous expertise in hydrology and water resource systems modelling, and preferably groundwater systems modelling
• You have good programming skills in one or more of the following languages: Python - R - Matlab

Additional information

To find out more about what it's like to work in the Faculty of Engineering, and how the Faculty supports people to achieve their potential, please see our staff blog:

https://engineering.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/category/engineering-includes-me/

Contract type: Fixed term contract until 28/02/2027

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on 11/06/2026

It is anticipated that interviews will take place in mid June 2026, to start the post as soon as possible.

For informal queries please contact: Francesca Pianosi, francesca.pianosi@bristol.ac.uk

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£39,906 to £50,253 per annum, Grade I / J

• You have a PhD (or working towards) in Environmental Engineering/Science (or equivalent experience) with a strong mathematical background
• You have previous expertise in hydrology and water resource systems modelling, and preferably groundwater systems modelling
• You have good programming skills in one or more of the following languages: Python - R - Matlab

Based in the Water and Environmental Engineering Research Group (www.bristol.ac.uk/engineering/research/water/) within the School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering at the University of Bristol, this is an opportunity to join a strong team developing state-of-the-art methods for the planning and management of water resource systems. You will work with the project PI (F Pianosi) on a Trans-national "Water4all" project on "Water management and Adaptation based on watershed digital twins" (https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/projects/water-management-and-adaption-based-on-watershed-digital-twins/), focusing on the development of new methods to support planning and management of water resource systems, with focus on groundwater modelling and management. What will you be doing? You will: * Work with the PI (Pianosi) and other researchers in the trans-national consortium to develop methods for water resource planning focusing on groundwater systems. * Test and demonstrate the new methods on dataset from Great Britain and other European countries. * Contribute to implementing the new methods in open source-software packages. * Contribute to the dissemination of project output through participation to conferences and the production of academic papers.