KTP Associate - Environmental Monitoring

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious qualified candidate in Data Science, Environmental Science, Engineering or a relevant field covering sensing and instrumentation, to fast-track their career development as a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associate. The candidate will lead development of environmental monitoring technologies, data management and analysis methods to investigate animal interactions with marine energy devices. This work will involve independent design, research into sensing and instrumentation, test and validation, system integration, data processing and algorithm development.

This crucial work will allow UK and global regulatory authorities to de-risk or retire existing marine renewable energy environmental concerns, and facilitate streamlined consent procedures to enable a sustainable, effective energy transition.

Co-funded by Innovate UK, KTP supports partnerships between business and universities, placing KTP Associates to work on innovative high-profile projects. The successful candidate will undertake a 36-month collaborative project between the world’s leading demonstration facility for wave and tidal energy technologies, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), and the Environmental Research Institute at the University of the Highlands and Islands (ERI-UHI). The post will be based at the EMEC in Orkney, Scotland.

The successful candidate will receive extensive practical and formal training, gain marketable skills, broaden their knowledge and expertise within an industrially relevant project, and gain valuable research and commercial experience from business and academic mentors. There is significant opportunity for autonomy, as the candidate will be responsible and accountable for the project, with direct access to managers, and responsible for coordinating work between the University and EMEC. They will build skills in innovation as a springboard for a future career in either academia or industry.

The KTP Associate will also benefit from a Personal Development Budget of £6,000, significant opportunities for training and learning new skills with at least 10% of time allocated to personal development. 2-weeks of residential dedicated training in commercial awareness, leadership and management are provided with the cohort of other KTP Associates.

To Apply: For a full job description and an application form, download the pack below or email recruitment.nwh@uhi.ac.uk

Please include your CV and a covering letter with your application.

In line with our Equality and Diversity policy, UHI North, West and Hebrides is committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated on the basis of their merits and abilities, and that unfair and unlawful discrimination is eliminated. We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Closing date: 9am, Monday 23rd June 2025

Interviews will be held W/C 7th July 2025

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• Personal Details Form
• Application form

If you have any queries about the application process please contact recruitment.nwh@uhi.ac.uk.

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