Research Assistant in Structural Design of Reinforced Concrete - Restraint of Imposed Strains

Are you an enthusiastic and experienced researcher in reinforced concrete design? Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge as part of an international academic / industry collaboration? Do you want to create more efficient and sustainable building practices?

Applications are invited for a full-time researcher based in the School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.  The successful applicant will join the Materials and Structures research group and the Neville Centre of Excellence as a member of the research staff and will conduct research on an EPRSC-funded project entitled ‘Understanding the cracking behaviour of reinforced concrete elements subjected to the restraint of imposed strains’. The work will be conducted under the supervision of Professor John P Forth and Prof Nick Nikitas.

The primary focus of the project is to provide practising engineers with the ability to correctly design RC elements for the restraint of short and long-term imposed strains.

The researcher will be involved in developing physical understanding of behaviour through an experimental study, developing NLFEA models which enable the realistic calculation of crack width in walls, developing a design oriented analytical procedure for the design of crack control reinforcement in walls, and further validation of the resulting procedures by comparison with field data from walls.

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: 

Professor John P Forth, Director of the Neville Centre of Excellence in Cement and Concrete Engineering

Tel: +44 (0)113 343 2270

Email: J.P.Forth@leeds.ac.uk

Please note that due to Home Office visa requirements, this role may only be suitable for first-time Skilled Worker visa applicants if they are eligible for salary concessions. For more information, please visit the Government’s Skilled Worker visa page. 

For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information, please visit the Government’s page, Apply for the Global Talent visa.

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance. 
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!  

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