FRANCE ENERGIES MARINES (FEM), the national reference institute dedicated to research, development and innovation in the field of Marine Renewable Energies (MRE), supports the nascent MRE industrial sector with the means and skills that increase competitiveness by mutualizing research and development costs, reducing risks and accelerating the acquisition of data and knowledge. The principle of this structure is based on a broad public-private partnership involving industrial groups, SMEs, regional authorities, advanced research and training institutions and competitiveness clusters.
Within the FEM R&D team and under the responsibility of the “Site Characterization" and the “Environmental and socio-economical impacts" program managers, the research engineer will:
- Review the different proceedings of cathodic protection systems and their potential environmental impacts
- Overview of data availability for MRE sites as a basis for the numerical ocean circulation model
- Implement a configuration of the CROCO ocean model and coupled geochemical modules over the MRE areas of interest for the project
- Investigate the dispersal and chemical forms of the metals from the anodes into the environment based on the numerical simulations
- Propose and test improvements of the model configuration based on the results of the previous industrial or academic studies
- Produce a recommendations report based on the review and modelling work achieved regarding the potential effect and risks of cathodic protections on the environment
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Starting date: March 1, 2019, for a temporary position of 12 months (French “CDD”).
Final date for applications: February 4, 2019.
The position is located at the France Energies Marines headquarters:
Bâtiment Cap Océan 525, avenue Alexis de Rochon 29280 Plouzané – FRANCE
Please send your CV and cover letter to the following email address: contact@ite-fem.org
For any additional information, please contact: georges.safi@ite-fem.org
