Announcement for the opening of selection tender procedure for a superior technician

CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research - Uporto

Organisation/Company CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research - Uporto Department N.A. Research Field Environmental science Researcher Profile Other Profession Positions Undergraduate Positions Application Deadline 6 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Not Applicable Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 40 Offer Starting Date 26 Oct 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programme Reference Number 2026_090_TS_ InVert Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

A competition is open for the attribution of one (1) work contract vacancy to a Technician (Level 11) in the framework of the project InVert - Innovative bioreceptive solutions for estuarine resilience and protection (ref. COMPETE2030-FEDER- , no. 16773), funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through COMPETE 2030 – Innovation and Digital Transition Programme, within the R&D Institution Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), according to the following conditions:

1. Scientific area: Physical Oceanography, Ocean Dynamics, Ocean Engineering or similar

2. Admission requirements: Candidates must meet the following requirements:

• 12th grade (completed secondary school) in the area of Sciences, or a professional/technical course in a related field
• Knowledge of the Portuguese language at the user level
• Proficiency in the English language
• Immediate availability

Failure to comply with these requirements determines the preliminary rejection of the application.

Preferential conditions:

• Proven knowledge/experience in the project’s thematic area, particularly Lagrangian numerical modelling, data analysis and visualization, estuarine hydrodynamics, sampling campaigns and in situ data analysis and interpretation.
• Proven knowledge/experience in linking science and society, outreach activities, citizen science, and/or stakeholder engagement.
• Proven participation in scientific projects in the area.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary teams
• Initiative and sense of responsibility.

3. Work Plan: The selected candidate will join the Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions (LOAI) research group at CIIMAR with the objective of developing numerical models to represent the main transport patterns in estuarine areas. The candidate will run Lagrangian models forced with previously obtained hydrodynamic modelling results to represent accumulation areas under several scenarios. The candidate is expected to join multidisciplinary sampling campaigns and perform the analysis of the physical data obtained, and relate them with other parameters measured during the campaigns. The candidate is further expected to enroll as well as co-organise the project’s activities that will link science and society: stakeholders engagement, workshops, webinars, citizen science and other outreach activities, participating in the national and international dissemination of the project and its results. The candidate shall also participate in the production of scientific articles. With these tasks the candidate will contribute to InVert project WP2 – Collection, update and analysis of meteo‑oceanic data for demo site characterization, WP4 – Digital Twins implementation and validation, WP5 – Present and future scenarios assessment based on the Digital Twins, and WP6 – Stakeholder engagement, citizen science, project dissemination and data management plan.

4. Legislation and official rules: Art. 140 n. 1 and n. 2, g) and 148 the Labor Code (Law 7/2009, of 12 February and respective updates).

5. Work place: The selected candidate will be integrated into the LOAI research group in close collaboration with the Coastal Biodiversity Lab (LBC) research team, both belonging to CIIMAR (University of Porto), under the supervision of Dr. Isabel Iglesias and Dr. Luis R. Vieira. The selected candidate will work in