Field Engineer (B.Sc) (f/m/d) Meteorology, Hydrology, Environmental Engineering, Instrumentation
The Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture of the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, located in Braunschweig, is seeking a bachelor's graduate (f/m/d) in meteorology, hydrology, environmental engineering, instrumentation or a comparable field to work full-time (currently 39 hours/week) in the research project Living Lab Teufelsmoor, limited to 31.12.2028.
The model and demonstration projects (MuD) on "Peat Soil Protection Including the Use of Renewable Resources from Paludiculture" funded by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH), will prepare large-scale conversion to wet peatland management and demonstrate the climate protection effects and other ecosystem services of paludiculture. The "Living Lab Teufelsmoor" project will conduct site selection and preparation, as well as the implementation of rewetting and land management on a practical scale. It will also identify and implement solutions for the utilization and marketing of current and future paludiculture products. The Thünen Institute is responsible for quantifying the GHG balance of two wet meadow paludiculture sites and one reference site. Other tasks include the determination of nutrient leaching, hydrological monitoring, and elevation changes depending on soil properties and groundwater table levels. The position is located at the Thünen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture in a working group that conducts national and international research on organic soils.
The employment relationship is governed by the TVöD Bund (collective agreement for civil servants) and, if the collective agreement and personal requirements are met, remuneration is based on pay grade 11 TVöD Bund.
- Job-ID: J000000142
- Einsatzort: Braunschweig
- Gesellschaft: Institut für Agrarklimaschutz (AK)
- Tätigkeitsbereich: Naturwissenschaften
- Art der Anstellung: Vollzeit / Teilzeit möglich
- Veröffentlicht: 18.08.2025
Your tasks:Your tasks:
- Maintenance of three eddy-covariance stations for measuring greenhouse gas fluxes of CO2, CH4, and H2O
- Design of two discharge measurement stations including associated procurement
- Installation of measurement equipment (e.g., discharge measurements, automatic water samplers) and installation of platforms and frames for manual chamber measurements of nitrous oxide in a team with other project staff
- Organization and implementation of regular field campaigns for measuring nitrous oxide fluxes (manual chamber method) as well as taking water, vegetation, and soil samples, if necessary, supported by other team members
- Maintenance and servicing of other field measurement equipment
- Data backup, processing, and quality assurance
Your profile:Your profile:
- Degree (B.Sc./B.Eng.) in meteorology, hydrology, environmental engineering, or a comparable field
- Excellent technical skills and system understanding required
- Experience in greenhouse gas monitoring is an advantage
- Experience in soil science or hydrological fieldwork is an advantage
- Experience in the operation, maintenance, repair, and modification of scientific instrumentation (especially eddy-covariance systems) and data acquisition systems (loggers) is an advantage
- Knowledge of a scripting language (e.g., R, Python) is an advantage
- Enthusiasm for field work and willingness to undertake regular multi-day field campaigns is essential
- Very careful and independent working style
- Strong interest in scientific measurement techniques and willingness to familiarize with new measurement methods is required
- Team spirit, personal commitment, and excellent communication skills for close collaboration with all project participants
- Good English as well as basic German (B2) and willingness to improve German language skills are required
- Class B driver's license is mandatory
Our offer:Our offer:
- Responsibility and a sense of purpose: responsible work in a dedicated team, involvement in a dynamic, interdisciplinary research institute and proximity to current policy and practice-relevant topics
- Flexibility and work-life balance: flexible working time models, fundamental possibility of part-time employment as well as mobile working and teleworking, certified employer berufundfamilie audit with a wide range of offers for reconciling work and life phases
- Prospects: further training opportunities for the area of responsibility and individual development
- Benefits: employment based on collective agreements with attractive social benefits (e.g. company pension scheme, one-off annual payment, capital-forming benefits)
- Health: company health management and preventative healthcare programmes
- Mobility: JobTicket, public transport connections, free parking spaces and the option of using e-charging stations
We live a diverse and cosmopolitan coexistence. The Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute is committed to inclusion. Applications from people with severe disabilities are therefore expressly encouraged. They will be given preferential consideration in the selection process. Please enclose proof of severe disability or equal status with your application.
If you have an international degree, please also enclose a certificate evaluation from the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) with your application. If you do not yet have a certificate evaluation, you must apply for one if your application is successful. You can find further information at https://zab.kmk.org/de/zeugnisbewertung.
We are looking forward to receiving your application till September 30, 2025.
