Earth science Work, Jobs in Gorgie, Edh (with Salaries)

Earth Fellow: remote sensing sand urbanisation
University of Edinburgh —Edinburgh
- Part-time
- Doctoral degree
- Research
- University
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Research Assistant - SADI for Continuous AI Processing
Heriot Watt University —Edinburgh
- £31,236 - £36,636 a year
- Part-time
- Doctoral degree
- Engineering
- Research
- Annual leave
- Flexible schedule
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Amazon UK Services Ltd. —Edinburgh
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- Computer Science
- English
- Analysis skills
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JBT Marel —Livingston
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Geotechnical Engineer
Evan Craig —Edinburgh
- Hybrid work
- Master's degree
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
Project Geologist
SLR Consulting —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
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Research Engineer â€“ Geothermal Reservoir & Well Engineering
Heriot Watt University —Edinburgh
- £37,694 - £47,389 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Annual leave
- Flexible schedule
Geotechnical Engineer
Sweco UK —Edinburgh
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Analysis skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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Sweco —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Master's degree
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- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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Evan Craig —Edinburgh
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AECOM —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
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SLR Consulting —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme

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Research Assistant - SADI for Continuous AI Processing
Heriot Watt University —Edinburgh
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Earth Fellow: remote sensing sand urbanisation

University of Edinburgh -
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Job details

Part-time

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Employee discount

Qualifications

Adobe Photoshop
Doctoral degree
QGIS
Research
Data management
Data visualisation
Adobe After Effects

Full job description

UE07: £41,064.00 - £48,822.00 Per Annum Pro Rata (£22.50 per hour).

CSG / Edinburgh Earth Initiative / Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability.

Part Time - 9 hours per week.

Fixed-Term for nine months from September 2026.

The Edinburgh College of Art and the School of Geosciences are looking for a PhD student to support with a project to develop and test methods to trace sand extraction and urbanisation processes across Freetown, Sierra Leone. This 9-month project will contribute to understanding how rapid, unplanned urbanisation in Freetown is affecting labour, infrastructure and environmental degradation.

Click here to view the full project brief for the Earth Fellow: remote sensing sand urbanisation, including key tasks and deliverables (opens browser in new tab).

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Please refer to the project brief and the skills listed below when outlining your skills and experience in your application.

This post will be appointed at Grade UE07, step 1 which is £41,064 per annum, pro rata (£22.50 per hour).

Earth Fellowships are only open to current postgraduate and PhD students at the University of Edinburgh based in the UK. Please do not apply if you will not be an on-campus University of Edinburgh student in the ‘26/’27 academic year.

Your skills and attributes for success:
• Current University of Edinburgh PhD student in the ‘26/’27 academic year.
• Interest in the social, infrastructure and environmental impacts of rapid urbanisation in cities like Freetown, Sierra Leone.
• Interest in data visualisation/critical cartography bridging disciplines of science and creative practice.
• Ability to collaborate to develop research methodologies and refine research scope.
• Experience working with big remote sensing data, e.g., with Google Earth Engine.
• Experience performing landcover classification using multi-spectral satellite imagery
• Experience managing datasets and analysing and communicating data, for example with visualisations and/or animations.
• Experience using GIS software (i.e QGIS), scripting using Python or other GIS-friendly languages and Adobe Suite (i,e Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects)
• Ability to work proactively with colleagues and external collaborators with a variety of expertise; understanding and valuing different points of view.

As an Earth Fellow, you will be joining a diverse, fun and dynamic team of researchers, students and staff all working together to address the global climate emergency. As part of the Earth Fellows programme, you will have access to co-working space, exciting networking and personal development opportunities and opportunities to contribute towards partnerships and solutions for climate change on a global scale.

Earth Fellows work on individual and team-based projects which contribute to the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Earth Initiative’s work on climate change research-led impact, innovation, engagement, and teaching.

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

A competitive salary.
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.

Championing equality, diversity, and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter, and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University, you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages .

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 14 September 2026.

Unless stated otherwise, the closing time for applications is 11:59 pm (UK time). If you are applying from outside the UK, the closing time shown on our adverts will automatically adjust to your browser’s local time zone.

Interviews will be held in August.

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