- Sustainable Minerals Institute
- Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50
- Collaborate with highly awarded, world-class colleagues
- Plan for your future with a generous 17% superannuation allowance
- Work at our vibrant and conveniently located St Lucia campus
About UQ
As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.
As part of our commitment to research excellence, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and post-fellowship contracts via our UQ Amplify initiative.
At the core of our teaching remains our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. Not only do we have one of the largest PhD enrolments in Australia, but we have also made a commitment to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers.
About This Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for a Research Fellow to take a leading role in hydrogeochemical modelling and monitoring of mine waste rock dumps as part of an ARC-Linkage project. The Research Fellow will work with a team of geochemists, hydrologists and geophysicists in the Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry, School of Civil Engineering and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences. The Research Fellow will also collaborate with project industry partners, and international research partners in Canada and France.
Key responsibilities include:
1. Research
- Develop and apply conceptual and numerical models of waste rock dump hydrology and geochemistry.
- Contribute to design and implementation of field monitoring (hydrological, chemical and geophysical monitoring), analysis of data and its use in models.
- Occasionally travel from Brisbane to the field sites in other parts of Australia.
- Communicate effectively with the project team including industry partners.
- Producing high quality research outputs including publishing in leading relevant research journals, contributing to project reports and delivering presentations.
- Integrate effectively with staff in the Centre for Water in the Minerals industry and the Sustainable Minerals Institute, providing disciplinary expertise to projects as required.
- Contribute to the delivery of high-quality research and consultancy outputs to a range of clients including mining industry partners.
2. Supervision and Researcher Development
- Contribute to supervision of Honour student and Higher Degree by Research students (as appropriate).
- Demonstrates personal effectiveness in supervision and the management of researcher development.
- Effective lead and develop supervisee performance and conduct by providing feedback, coaching, and professional development.
- As appropriate, manage research support staff effectively in accordance with University policy and procedures.
- Working to promptly resolve conflict and grievances when they arise in accordance with University policy and procedures.
3. Citizenship and Service
- Demonstrate citizenship behaviours that align to the UQ values.
- Show leadership of self through collaboration and active participation in priority activities.
- Provide support to other academic positions and unit operations as needed during absences.
- Contribute to internal service roles and administrative processes as required, including participation in decision-making and service on relevant committees.
- Collaborate in service activities external to the immediate organisation unit.
- Begin to develop links and partnerships by cultivating relationships with external bodies. At Level B, develop external relationships with industry, government departments, professional bodies and the wider community.
4. Other
Ensure you are aware of and comply with legislation and University policy relevant to the duties undertaken, including but not exclusive to:
- The University’s Code of Conduct.
- Requirements of the Queensland occupational health and safety (OH&S) legislation and related OH&S responsibilities and procedures developed by the University or Institute/School.
- The adoption of sustainable practices in all work activities and compliance with associated legislation and related University sustainability responsibilities and procedures.
- Requirements of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000, the National Code 2007 and associated legislation, and related responsibilities and procedures developed by the University.
About the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI)
The work of SMI is multidisciplinary. It integrates expertise in exploration, mining, mineral processing, workplace health and safety, mine rehabilitation, water and energy, social science, and governance to reduce the minerals industry’s impact on communities and the environment and reshape its role in sustainable development. The Institute works collaboratively with industry, governments, civil society and a wide range of other stakeholders and translates research into impact through commercialisation, contract research and consulting. For more information, please visit the SMI website.
This is a research focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ’s Criteria for Academic Performance.
This is a full-time (100%), fixed-term position for up to 3 years. At Academic level A. The full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $74,308.68 – $99,426.59, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $86,941.16 – $116,329.11 annually.
The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a Group of Eight university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.
About You
- PhD in engineering or environmental sciences that encompasses numerical modelling of physical systems.
- Strong technical skills in numerical modelling, ideally including experience with hydrogeochemical and reactive transport modelling software such as PHREEQC, TOUGHREACT, MIN3D, Hydrus.
- Experience of field monitoring, ideally including collecting water samples and installing water quality sensors.
- Willingness to undertake field trips of periods of several days in Australia.
- Track record of publishing in high quality scientific journals as lead author.
- Evidence of contributions towards successfully obtaining external research funding.
- Some experience in meaningful internal service roles and contributions towards external activities
- Demonstrated high-level interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:
- Work Rights: Visa sponsorship is available for this appointment.
- Mandatory Immunisations: It is a condition of employment for this role that you will be required to provide evidence of immunisation against certain vaccine preventable diseases.
- Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.
Relocating from interstate or overseas? We’ll support you with the visa sponsorship process and a relocation support package. You can find out more about life in Australia’s Sunshine State here.
Questions?
To discuss this role please contact Associate Professor Mansour Edraki m.edraki@uq.edu.au; Mobile 0407745224.
For application queries, please contact recruitment@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.
Want to Apply?
All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:
- Resume
- Cover letter
- Responses to the ‘About You’ section
Other Information
At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion. We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to recruitment@uq.edu.au
If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.
Applications close Thursday 12 October 2023 at 11.00pm AEST (R-29594).
