BRGM (www.brgm.fr) is France's leading public institution in the Earth Sciences applications for the sustainable management of natural resources and surface and subsurface risks.

Training - Experience:

You are a graduate engineer and/or a Ph.D. in hydrogeology or environmental geochemistry with strong backgroundon the water quality and you have 10 years of professional experience in the field of understanding of the transport of contaminants (organic and inorganic) in the different compartments of surface and underground water systems (reactive geochemistry), building and management of research and public service projects.

Context and contribution of the position:

Our activities related to Water cover integrated and sustainable water resource management and maintenance or restoration of water quality.

Within the framework of the development of research, public service and international projects,your work willfocus on research on organic and inorganic pollutants transfer within surface and underground water systems under various constraints (including global and climate changes). You will be mainly responsible to:

• Initiate, manage and conduct research projects and public service by developing and strengthening partnerships with funding agencies (EU, NAR, Ministries, Government Departments, local and regional authorities, industrials, international funding, etc.),
• lead and manage the project program focused on "water quality of hydrosystems",
• apply the team skills for developing and implementation of specific projects within the French network of regional geological surveys, with other BRGM divisions, engage partners from academic research as well as partners of SMEs and industrials (through activities of the national Water Poles, i.e., WATER, DREAM and HYDREOS),
• promote the results of R & D projects by scientific publications, communication materials and popularization documents and, suggest new topics for thesis, post doc, ...
• carry out scientific expertise in accordance with the BRGM charter of the expertise.

Competences and required qualifications:

• open mind to all disciplines of water and environment (diffuse pollution, nitrates, pesticides, emerging pollutants, …);
• strategic vision on the topic of water quality, national and international academic research network;
• good background on hydrogeochemistry/hydrogeology, the functioning of the unsaturated - saturated zone continuum of hydrosystems and aquifer vulnerability;
• hydrodynamic modelling (conceptual and global models, numerical models), functioning characterization of the various compartments of hydrosystems;
• ability to initiate/lead the assembly of new and innovative projects;
• knowledge of national and European regulations on the preservation of water quality and delivery in good chemical and ecological status of water bodies (i.e., EU Water Framework Directive, etc.);
• good communication skills, teamwork, and lead a project team;
• good practice in project management and writing scientific papers, technical reports;
• good fluency in English and good level in French (oral and written);

Job location and estimated date of taking office:
Orléans (France) - 1^st half of 2012