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Senior Research Support Technician. 150-751-298

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers
15 Feb 2024

Job Information

Organisation/Company
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH
Research Field
Engineering » Civil engineering
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country
Spain
Application Deadline
Type of Contract
Temporary
Job Status
Full-time
Hours Per Week
35
Offer Starting Date
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme
Reference Number
150-751-298
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

Mission:

Provide sustainable and economic solutions for the rehabilitation of buildings.

Functions to develop:

  • Identify the essential chemical and physical properties of industrial minerals such as expanded perlite, hollow glass and expanded glass.
  • Collaborate with leading companies to develop a new formulation of fiber reinforced and self-compacting concrete (LSCFRC) to improve durability and structural efficiency.
  • Develop lightweight fiber-reinforced and self-compacting concrete (LSCFRC) mixes with a minimum replacement of 20% of natural sand using these lightweight compounds to achieve compressive strength.
  • Demonstrate the superior performance of HALF 2 in structural rehabilitation, specifically in achieving monolithicity with a ceramic dome.
  • Assess and improve the thermal and acoustic performance of the HALF 2 material.
  • Optimize HALF 2 for sustainability, considering economic, environmental and social factors, along with mechanical and structural performance.

Requirements

Research Field
Engineering » Civil engineering
Education Level
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications

Technical Competencies:

  • Analysis of structural test results at laboratory and/or real scale.
  • Calculation of concrete structures.

Organizational Skills:

  • Drafting of technical reports.
  • Use of national and international databases.
  • Management of campaigns and meetings.
  • Work in teams and dynamic environments.

Functional Competencies:

  • Communication skills.
Specific Requirements

Educational requirements:

  • Fiber reinforced concrete.
  • Design and performance of advanced concrete tests.
  • Design of lightweight concrete dosages.
  • Constitutive equations and modeling of materials.
  • Application of sustainability models.
  • Implementation of multi-criteria models for the assessment of sustainability.
  • International associations of construction and concrete.

Professional experience:

  • Experience in functions similar to those described, specifically in the development of research activities, both in the university and industrial environment, will be valued.
Languages
ENGLISH
Level
Good
Languages
CATALAN
Level
Basic
Languages
SPANISH
Level
Good
Research Field
Engineering » Civil engineering
Years of Research Experience
1 - 4

Additional Information

Benefits

€36,100.42 gross/year (per full-time)

Eligibility criteria

All the candidates who cannot prove the required academic degree will be immediately withdrawn from the selection process.

The CVs will be assessed according the following general criteria:

  • The maximum score for the candidates who accomplish all the eligibility criteria stated in the job offer will be 10 points.
  • Threshold: 5 points.
  • The maximum score (10 points) will be distributed as follows:
    • 1 point for required speciality.
    • 2 points for required academic training.
    • 2 points for technic competences.
    • 1 point for organisational competences.
    • 3 points for professional experience.
    • 1 point for any aspect of the candidate’s professional profile to be determined as specially relevant by the Selection committee.

If the selection committee decide to include a personal interview as additional step of the selection process, only the candidates scored 5 or above for their CV will be retained for the interview step.

The interview will be assessed according the following criteria:

  • Maximum scoring: 5 points.
  • Threshold: 3 points.
  • The maximum score will be distributed according the following criteria:
    • 2 points for adequacy to functional competences of the job.
    • 2 points for adequacy of professional experience.
    • 1 point for any aspect of the candidate’s professional profile to be determined as especially relevant by the Selection committee.

The eligible candidates will be ranked from highest to lowest score, being this the selection criteria.

Selection process

The planned selection process is as follows:

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DECA)
Country
Spain
State/Province
Barcelona
City
Barcelona
Postal Code
08034
Street
Jordi Girona, 1-3
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Contact

State/Province
Barcelona
City
Barcelona
Website
Street
Jordi Girona, 1-3
Postal Code
08034
E-Mail
lourdes.moreno@upc.edu