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The Hydraulic Engineering group at the University of Córdoba (Spain) is recruiting an engineer as technician to work within a 3-years research project on the hydraulics of river dike failure. The job is mainly laboratory-based, while other research duties to support the work of the principal investigators may be required.

HR Wallingford has an exciting opening for an urban drainage hydraulic modeller to join the Catchments and Drainage team and help them deliver on their expanding portfolio of UK and international research and consultancy projects.

The coastal team at UNSW Water Research Laboratory is recruiting for highly motivated students to pursue both research Masters and PhDs in the fields of coastal engineering and remote sensing.

There are a range of scholarships available for domestic candidates. International candidates with previous experience (including Masters degrees in a relevant field of coastal processes/engineering) are also invited to apply.

The University of Exeter’s Department of Engineering is inviting applications for a PhD studentship funded by the partner Liverpool Victoria General Insurance Group Limited, to commence on 1 November 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

This PhD project aims to explore how emerging datasets could provide value to the UK’s insurance industry through a combination of data analytics, modelling, and scenario analysis techniques to provide support for strategic decision-making and inform policy.

HR Wallingford is looking for an engineer/scientist to join our Pollutant Dispersion and Water Quality Team, which is part of HR Wallingford’s Coasts & Oceans Group. The team works with clients around the world to model and optimise the design of coastal and marine projects.

Dalhousie University is announcinga postdoctoral fellowship position focused on advancing Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) through the study of turbulent jets and plumes.

The research will be based at the Department of Civil and Resource Engineering at Dalhousie University, with field pilot operations in Cape Breton.

Interested candidates should send their CV, contact information for two referees, and a brief statement of research interests to Dr. Adam Jiankang Yang (jiankang.yang ) or Dr. Kimberly Gilbert (kimh ).

The Luleå University of Technology is looking for a PhD student that will be joining their Urban Water group to work with pollutant processes in nature-based stormwater treatment systems.

The international Doctoral Program “Environment Water” (ENWAT) at the University of Stuttgart is offering a stipend-based PhD position in "End-to-End Hydrological Modelling Using Machine Learning Leveraging Transformers & Opportunistic Sensing"

SINTEF is hiring research scientists for its Ecohydraulics group in Trondheim, focusing on sustainable hydropower and environmental impacts. A PhD in hydrology, ecology, hydrodynamics, or a related field is required; experience in research projects and networking is highly valued.

ETH Zurich is looking for a PhD student with a Master’s degree in a field related to data science, hydrology, environmental or civil engineering, strong skills in Python or R, and a passion forwastewater and stormwater pollution and interdisciplinary research.

The University of Toronto is seeking a motivated PhD student to join our research group, starting in January 2026. This fully funded position will focus on advancing flood risk assessment and mitigation strategies for the Greater Toronto Area, combining hydrological and hydraulic modelling with risk-based planning to support resilient urban infrastructure.

PhD position on the topic of monitoring wet-weather discharges from urban water systems.

The position is financed by the Sino-Danish Center, and it involves a 9 month period stay in Beijing. The PhD project will also be closely related to the activities of the recently started Horizon Europe Urban…