Dear Colleagues LimitState Ltd (Sheffield, UK) is looking to recruit an EU funded 18 month Early Stage Researcher position. The project involves extending existing numerical analysis tools to incorporate novel automatic design methods for geotechnical structures (e.g. embankments, cuttings, retaining walls) including the assessment of cost/energy/carbon usage and of the effects of soil suction and vegetation. There is the potential to register in parallel for an MPhil/PhD in the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering at the University of Sheffield. For further details please see https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/290688. The deadline for the application is 23 April. Please feel free to circulate the advert to potential candidates. I apologise in advance for any cross-posting. Kind regards Colin -- *Dr Colin Smith* Senior Lecturer Geotechical Engineering Group Department of Civil and Structural Engineering University of Sheffield Sir Frederick Mappin Building Mappin Street Sheffield S1 3JD geo.shef.ac.uk Tel: 0114 2225717 Fax: 0114 2225700