Ref Number
B04-07581
Professional Expertise
Research and Research Support
Department
UCL BEAMS (B04)
Location
London
Working Pattern
Full time
Salary
See advert text
Contract Type
Fixed-term
Working Type
On site
Available for Secondment
No
Closing Date
14-Jul-2026
UCL is a diverse global community of world-class academics, students, industry links, external partners, and alumni. Our powerful collective of individuals and institutions work together to explore new possibilities. Academic excellence is demonstrated by our 30 Nobel laureates and our top ranking in the UK for research strength. We are a global university with 14,300 employees and over 150 nationalities represented in a student body of 43,800 students. Our main location in Central London has recently been augmented by a campus on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
The UCL Faculty of Engineering is the largest of its kind in the UK, ranked as the second most impactful engineering faculty in Europe and first for Research Strength in the Research Excellence Framework. Within Engineering, the UCL Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering is a multidisciplinary department renowned for innovation and excellence in research and teaching. We are ranked in the Top 50 worldwide for civil and structural engineering according to the 2021 QS World University and Subject rankings.
As a Research Fellow in Structural engineering you will be contributing to this project, which will decarbonise the construction industry by combining sensor monitoring data from the innovative, full-scale, 3-storey Earls Court Stone Demonstrator with numerical analyses to produce design guidance and embodied carbon evaluations for structures based on natural stone as low-carbon, load-bearing construction materials, via a team comprising structural, dynamics and geomatic engineers at UCL collaborating with Future Observatory at the Design Museum, WebbYates Engineers and the Block Research Group at ETH Zurich.
Main duties of the role include:
- Hold weekly meetings with the project lead to discuss progress and next steps.
- Liaise with and secure timely inputs from the project partners Future Observatory, the site activity coordinator, WebbYates and the Block Research Group at ETH Zurich.
- Develop and run FE models of natural stone structures at the material, component and overall structural assembly levels, with validation using field monitoring data for the innovative Earls Court Stone Demonstrator as obtained from a monitoring specialist project partner.
- Conduct parametric analyses using the verified FE to develop design office-friendly modelling approaches for such stone structures at serviceability and ultimate.
- Combine understanding from the field tests, previous lab tests and the predictive modelling into design guidance for stone structures including criteria for use within the circular economy
The maximum salary for this role is £46,261 per annum (gross), inclusive of London Allowance, and will be dependent on experience.
This role is an fixed-term contract, with the earliest start date of 3rd August 2026 and a current funding end date of 31st December 2027.
Research Fellows - 'Appointment at Grade 7 is dependent upon having been awarded a PhD; if this is not the case, initial appointment will be at Grade 6B (salary £39,148- £41,833 per annum) with payment at Grade 7 being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD Thesis.
We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.
This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 80% on site.
This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.
A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
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The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work.
In the event we get a high number of applications, we may close the advert early before the published closing date. As a minimum, we will keep all adverts open for 2 weeks.
To be successful as a Research Fellow in Structural Engineering, you will need:
- PhD, or MSc with a strong expectation of a PhD shortly, in low-carbon Structural Engineering.
- Working experience and knowledge of nonlinear numerical modelling linked to advanced lab and / or field load testing, preferably on the topic of structural stone.
- Experience of fabrication of structural components in natural stone.
- Publications in Q1 journals on the above topics.
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to support organisation of scientific & dissemination multi-disciplinary events.
- Ability to translate tasks agreed during meetings with supervisor into useful output.
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
To find out more, please visit UCL Benefits.
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.
You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/equality-diversity-inclusion-think-differently-do-differently
