Marine Energy Environmental Scientist Job at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Posting Title
Marine Energy Environmental Scientist
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Location
CO - Boulder
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Position Type
Regular
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Hours Per Week
40
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COVID-19 Safety Protocols
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Working at NREL
NREL’s 305-acre Flatirons Campus is the nation’s premier wind energy, water power, and grid integration research facility. Nestled south of Boulder, Colorado, and north of NREL’s main South Table Mountain campus, Flatirons sits adjacent to the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge and countless acres of open space and parks with stunning views of the Flatirons rock formations.
From day one at NREL, you’ll connect with coworkers driven by the same mission to save the planet. By joining an organization that values a supportive, inclusive, and flexible work environment, you’ll have the opportunity to engage through our eight employee resource groups, numerous employee-driven clubs, and learning and professional development classes.
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Job Description
NREL’s 305-acre Flatirons Campus is the nation’s premier wind energy, water power, and grid integration research facility. Nestled south of Boulder, Colorado, and north of NREL’s main South Table Mountain campus, Flatirons sits adjacent to the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge and countless acres of open space and parks with stunning views of the Flatirons rock formations.
NREL’s water power team has an immediate opening for a full time (40 hours per week) researcher.
Marine energy technologies — including wave, tidal, ocean current, and ocean thermal — are at a critical stage of development. Several demonstration projects have shown promising results in both the U.S. and Europe, but the industry as a whole is at a relatively early-stage of technology development. The marine industry is developing new devices and planning new projects, and NREL — in collaboration with other national labs and the Department of Energy — provides support in planning these projects and collecting the data that is needed for the next iteration of technology advancement.
The successful candidate will work with a growing and motivated team of marine energy scientists, engineers, economists, and policy experts at NREL in cooperation with members of the marine energy industry. The candidate will work on multiple projects at once and be expected to contribute to scoping and executing new and existing research projects. The candidate will also be expected to contribute to a wide range of projects, and to be capable of drawing connections between the scope of those projects to improve the overall efficiency of the team’s broader marine energy R&D portfolio. The candidate should have a PhD in oceanography, marine biology, marine ecosystem science, or a related physical/natural science field.
Projects the candidate could start with include: collaborating with marine energy experts from multiple national labs, universities, and industry to identify and propose new research projects, leading the coordination of knowledge management through
PRIMRE
and the
Marine Energy Atlas
, managinge contracts for deploying metocean instrumentation for
marine energy resource characterization
, manage
testing of marine energy technologies and components
at the lab. Further, the ideal candidate will have the skills to build an ocean environmental science portfoliportfolio of projects to support the deployment of marine energy projects.
The candidate will work collaboratively with the marine energy team and across NREL’s broader portfolio to ensure projects are coordinated and integrated with complimentary efforts. The work will include: scoping and executing research projects, writing scientific journal articles, creating and executing project plans in collaboration with project partners; contributing to, organizing, and leading meetings; identifying and planning personnel and hardware resources to accomplish tasks; contracting with external partners for work beyond NREL’s in-house capabilities; writing project reports and documenting lessons learned; developing operator’s guides for new equipment; presenting at scientific conferences (in person or via teleconference); presenting at industry meetings and trade-shows; and working with NREL’s communications team to highlight key project outcomes.
The candidates work will primarily be funded by the DOE Water Power Technologies Office and will include travel when project objectives require it and travel constraints allow it, but much of the work will be in coordination or collaboration with industry partners.
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Basic Qualifications
For Researcher III Level
Relevant PhD . Or, relevant Master's Degree and 3 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 5 or more years of experience .
For Researcher II Level
Relevant Master's Degree . Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 2 or more years of experience .
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Additional Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
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A broad understanding of ocean processes and issues (marine mammals, marine ecosystems, waves, tides, biofouling, corrosion, etc.)
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Experience working in environmental issues related to marine energy
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Experience working on community engagement projects with a focus on environmental impacts.
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High-level knowledge of ocean physical models (waves, tides, currents, etc.) and experience working with data from these models
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PhD in oceanography, marine biology, marine ecosystem science, or a related physical/natural science field is highly preferred.
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Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)
Job Profile: Researcher III / Annual Salary Range: $75,500 - $135,900
Job Profile: Researcher II / Annual Salary Range: $69,400 - $114,500
NREL takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.
Benefits Summary
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; short*- and long-term disability insurance; pension benefits*; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance; personal time off (PTO) and sick leave; paid holidays; and tuition reimbursement*. NREL employees may be eligible for, but are not guaranteed, performance-, merit-, and achievement- based awards that include a monetary component. Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement. Limited-term positions are not eligible for long-term disability or tuition reimbursement.
- Based on eligibility rules
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