Postdoctoral Research Associate (Geological CO2 Storage)
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Description
Job Description
Grade UE07: £41,064 to £48,822 per annum
College of Science and Engineering / School of GeoSciences
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: for 15 months
The Opportunity
The University of Edinburgh is a world-class, research-intensive institution. We offer a supportive working environment, excellent facilities, and opportunities for professional development within a diverse and international community.
This is an Academic Research (Postdoctoral Research Associate) opportunity within the School of GeoSciences.
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Geological CO ₂ Storage) to support the University of Edinburgh contribution to the CETP-funded CO2SafeQuest project. The project focuses on improving the characterisation and modelling of faults and their behaviour during geological CO ₂ storage to strengthen storage integrity and leakage risk assessment.
The postholder will lead the University of Edinburgh contribution to static and geomechanical modelling of faulted CO ₂ storage sites (with a focus on North Sea case studies). You will integrate multi-scale datasets (e.g., well logs, seismic interpretation, petrophysical analysis, and laboratory-derived rock/fault properties) to build and calibrate geomechanical models, including 1D Mechanical Earth Models and 3D geomechanical models with explicit fault representations. You will prepare model-ready properties and workflows that support coupled hydro-mechanical simulation, fault reactivation assessment, and uncertainty/sensitivity analysis, working closely with consortium partners and industrial collaborators to ensure timely delivery of robust, well-documented outputs.
You will work within a strong international consortium, engaging with academic and industrial partners including IFPEN, ETH Zürich, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), NGI, the University of Oslo, Hydrafact, TRACS, and industrial partners (AkerBP, OMV (Norge), Shell).
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
Grade UE07: £41,064 to £48,822 per annum
College of Science and Engineering / School of GeoSciences
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: for 15 months
The Opportunity
The University of Edinburgh is a world-class, research-intensive institution. We offer a supportive working environment, excellent facilities, and opportunities for professional development within a diverse and international community.
This is an Academic Research (Postdoctoral Research Associate) opportunity within the School of GeoSciences.
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Geological CO ₂ Storage) to support the University of Edinburgh contribution to the CETP-funded CO2SafeQuest project. The project focuses on improving the characterisation and modelling of faults and their behaviour during geological CO ₂ storage to strengthen storage integrity and leakage risk assessment.
The postholder will lead the University of Edinburgh contribution to static and geomechanical modelling of faulted CO ₂ storage sites (with a focus on North Sea case studies). You will integrate multi-scale datasets (e.g., well logs, seismic interpretation, petrophysical analysis, and laboratory-derived rock/fault properties) to build and calibrate geomechanical models, including 1D Mechanical Earth Models and 3D geomechanical models with explicit fault representations. You will prepare model-ready properties and workflows that support coupled hydro-mechanical simulation, fault reactivation assessment, and uncertainty/sensitivity analysis, working closely with consortium partners and industrial collaborators to ensure timely delivery of robust, well-documented outputs.
You will work within a strong international consortium, engaging with academic and industrial partners including IFPEN, ETH Zürich, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), NGI, the University of Oslo, Hydrafact, TRACS, and industrial partners (AkerBP, OMV (Norge), Shell).
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
- PhD (awarded, or thesis submitted by the start date) in geoscience, geophysics, geomechanics, geoenergy, or a closely related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience in static and geomechanical modelling of subsurface systems, including development of Mechanical Earth Models and 3D/4D geomechanical models.
- Experience integrating multi-scale datasets (e.g., seismic, petrophysical and rock/fault property data) and maintaining robust QA/QC and documentation of assumptions, inputs and outputs.
- Experience with fault mechanics / fault reactivation analysis and/or coupled hydro-mechanical (or thermo-hydro-mechanical) modelling, including use of appropriate numerical tools (e.g., finite-element methods).
- Experience with relevant subsurface/geomechanics software (e.g., Petrel, Techlog, Eclipse, Visage, Abaqus, or equivalent platforms).
- Strong quantitative and computational skills (e.g., Python and/or MATLAB) for data handling, workflow development and analysis.
- Strong communication and organisational skills, and the ability to deliver modelling outputs to deadline in a collaborative, multi-partner project environment.
Working Pattern
This is an office- and computer-based role requiring regular on-site attendance for collaboration, meetings, and secure data access. Remote working will be limited to occasional tasks and only by prior agreement with the line manager. Applicants should not expect routine or regular home working as part of this post.
A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:
How To Apply
View the full job description .
Please Include The Following Documents In Your Application
Apply now to join a high-profile international project and deliver geomechanical modelling outputs that support safe and scalable geological CO ₂ storage.
As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
This is an office- and computer-based role requiring regular on-site attendance for collaboration, meetings, and secure data access. Remote working will be limited to occasional tasks and only by prior agreement with the line manager. Applicants should not expect routine or regular home working as part of this post.
A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:
- Competitive salary
- Generous annual leave and public holiday entitlement
- Defined benefits pension scheme
- A wide range of staff discounts
- Family-friendly initiatives and wellbeing support
- Professional development and training opportunities
How To Apply
View the full job description .
Please Include The Following Documents In Your Application
- CV
- Cover letter
- If shortlisted, 2 references will be requested before the interview.
Apply now to join a high-profile international project and deliver geomechanical modelling outputs that support safe and scalable geological CO ₂ storage.
As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
- A competitive salary.
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.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates.
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 may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 30 th March 2026.
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About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About The Team
The School of GeoSciences explores the factors and forces that shape our world. The School aims to understand the world through fundamental curiosity-driven research and to support prescient decision-making at individual to global scales. We undertake world-leading research; offer new ways of understanding natural and social drivers of change; provide inter-and trans-disciplinary solutions; and work in partnership to improve livelihoods and explore ways to manage the environment that are both sustainable and socially equitable.
With over 500 academics, researchers and research students, we are the largest and most successful interdisciplinary grouping of geoscientists and geographers in the UK. Research activity is coordinated within three main Research Institutes – Global Change, Earth and Planetary Science, and G
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm UK time. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About The Team
The School of GeoSciences explores the factors and forces that shape our world. The School aims to understand the world through fundamental curiosity-driven research and to support prescient decision-making at individual to global scales. We undertake world-leading research; offer new ways of understanding natural and social drivers of change; provide inter-and trans-disciplinary solutions; and work in partnership to improve livelihoods and explore ways to manage the environment that are both sustainable and socially equitable.
With over 500 academics, researchers and research students, we are the largest and most successful interdisciplinary grouping of geoscientists and geographers in the UK. Research activity is coordinated within three main Research Institutes – Global Change, Earth and Planetary Science, and G
eography and the Lived Environment – and within smaller research groupings that reach across and beyond the School.
A distinctive feature of the School is the combination of academic strength, intellectual breadth and societal relevance. Our interdisciplinary research and teaching builds on established core disciplines (ecology, environmental sciences, geography, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography) to provide a variety of approaches to understanding the world (including, for example, system-scale modelling, process studies and the development of urban and social theory). The School’s research covers fundamental ‘blue-skies’ questions, as well as having application to key societal challenges including inequality and vulnerability; urban precarity; nature and cultural meaning; development and sustainability; climate and environmental change; energy, food and water security; health and wellbeing; natural resources; and natural hazards.
The School of GeoSciences aims to recognise and value diversity in our staff and students, and to support flexible and family-friendly working.
More details about the School is available from http://www.ed.ac.uk/geosciences
A distinctive feature of the School is the combination of academic strength, intellectual breadth and societal relevance. Our interdisciplinary research and teaching builds on established core disciplines (ecology, environmental sciences, geography, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography) to provide a variety of approaches to understanding the world (including, for example, system-scale modelling, process studies and the development of urban and social theory). The School’s research covers fundamental ‘blue-skies’ questions, as well as having application to key societal challenges including inequality and vulnerability; urban precarity; nature and cultural meaning; development and sustainability; climate and environmental change; energy, food and water security; health and wellbeing; natural resources; and natural hazards.
The School of GeoSciences aims to recognise and value diversity in our staff and students, and to support flexible and family-friendly working.
More details about the School is available from http://www.ed.ac.uk/geosciences