Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre
The Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre (NTEC), in conjunction with Ballast Phoenix Ltd (BPL), expects to be offering a fully funded studentship for an environmental scientist/engineer, commencing in October 2008. BPL is a UK-based subsidiary of the large Dutch group, Ballast Nedam and the successful candidate will have two major responsibilities:
- to provide technical support to its customers and to environmental regulators on the Incinerator Bottom Ash Aggregate (IBAA) that it supplies to construction companies, primarily for road construction
- to undertake PhD-level research study at the University of Nottingham – based in NTEC. The research will aim to provide a means of measurement of the environmental footprint of IBAA.
This is a rare opportunity to work for a major construction and materials company and to engage in cutting-edge research in sustainability/environmental engineering at the UK's leading highway materials research centre, with a generous remuneration package.
Students should have an upper second or first class degree in civil engineering or a related field and some practical experience since graduation is desirable, probably in a construction or construction materials field. We will be looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated person who has the ability to champion and implement new ideas in industry, an inquisitive mind and the skill to balance the two aspects of the job. Report-writing (English) skills and the ability to work to deadlines will also be key to the role.
Further information is available at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ntec (choose ‘academic area’ and then click on ‘job vacancies’) – or from Andrew Dawson, tel: 0115 951 3902, Email: Andrew.Dawson@Nottingham.ac.uk or Tony Parry, tel: 0115 846 8450 or Email: Tony.Parry@Nottingham.ac.uk. Further information about Ballast Phoenix Ltd (BPL) is available at: http://www.ballastphoenix.co.uk.
Applications (preferably by Email), with a detailed CV, the names and addresses of two referees and a covering letter explaining why you believe that you would be suitable, should be sent to Dr A Dawson, NTEC, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD. Email: Andrew.Dawson@Nottingham.ac.uk. Please quote ref. ENG/244. Closing date: 12 September 2008.
Note: Your details may be shared, in confidence, with staff of BPL.
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