Post-Doctoral Researcher on Climate Projections for the Hérault and Pyrénées-Orientales Territories for Water Resource Management - 13-month fixed-term contract - IMT Mines Alès

Job description

Come join IMT Mines Alès, a prestigious “grande école” ranked among the top engineering schools both nationally and globally, located in Alès—a welcoming, livable city and the capital of the Cévennes region, where residents highly value the quality of life.

Founded in 1843, IMT Mines Alès currently has 1,400 students (including 250 international students) and 380 staff members. The school has three high-level scientific and technological research and teaching centers, working in the fields of materials and civil engineering (C2MA), the environment and risk management (CREER), and artificial intelligence and industrial and digital engineering (CERIS). It operates 12 technology platforms and has 1,600 partner companies. For more information: https://www.imt-mines-ales.fr

You will be based at the Center for Research and Teaching in Environment and Risks (CREER) at IMT Mines Alès and will be part of the HSM research unit.

This work is part of the PREV’IA project, which focuses on understanding and forecasting groundwater resources in the Languedoc-Roussillon region, calculating and visualizing associated uncertainties, and updating climate projections for these areas.

Your mission:

To integrate existing simulations for the region (DRIAS data for France) as well as climate model simulations from the latest IPCC exercise (CMIP6), and to implement bias correction and upscaling of these data for the project’s two target basins. This methodological step will rely on multivariate bias correction approaches, taking into account the dependencies between the various variables studied (temperature, precipitation, humidity, winds).

You can find more information in the job description below:

https://partage.imt.fr/index.php/s/eRQ5Z2n7Q2y8gDP

Job requirements

Minimum education and/or experience required:

• Ph.D. in climatology or hydrology

Required skills, knowledge, and experience:

• Proven experience with advanced statistical methods (frequency analysis, regionalization methods, and bias correction)
• Genuine ability and experience in organisation and teamwork: organising meetings, planning activities, contributing to the drafting of administrative documents
• Good command of scientific English

Additional information:

13-month fixed-term contract under public law - Position open to civil servants and contract employees

Information for internal use intended for staff on the IMT Management Framework:

Reference job category for the position: II - P

This position is open to all. IMT Mines Alès is committed to implementing the necessary accommodations for people with disabilities to ensure an inclusive and accessible work environment.

Salary: €35,400 gross per year

Application deadline: July 3, 2026

Estimated date of the selection committee meeting: July 15, 2026

Desired start date: September 1, 2026

We strongly recommend contacting the individuals listed below in the “Job Description” section

Contacts:

Regarding the job description:

Anne JOHANNET, Project Manager for PREV’IA, [email protected]

Juliette CERCEAU, HSM Coordinator, [email protected]

Yves TRAMBLAY, Climate Specialist for the project, [email protected]

For administrative matters:

Géraldine BRUNEL, Director of Human Resources, [email protected]

So join us and enjoy these many benefits:

Generous vacation time

On-site dining

75% of public transportation costs covered

Sustainable mobility allowance for carpooling or biking

A stimulating innovation ecosystem (startups, students, research, companies, etc.)

Ideal environment for pursuing your passions (sea/mountains nearby)