Engineer for research in environmental industrial processes Mineral processing

The department "Environmental Industrial Processes (MILJØ)" focuses on research and development of new technologies to reduce the environmental impact related to the production and utilization of energy and materials. The focus areas are: CO2 capture and use, hydrogen production with integrated CO2 capture, thermal conversion processes, bioenergy/biofuels production, mineral- and metal-based industrial processes and material development (CO2 sorbents, catalysts, oxygen and energy carriers, multifunctional materials). Activities include: material and process technology development, design of experimental facilities, experimental validation, process design, upscaling of chemical processes, technical feasibility studies, modeling and simulation and material characterization.

The Department has active participation in several national and international networks and R&D forums (Hydrogen Europe Research, EERA, EMIRI, OREEC, etc.). In addition, the Department is a research partner in the FME “Norwegian Centre for Sustainable Bio-based Fuels and Energy, Bio4Fuels”. The major part of these research activities is supported by Norwegian and international industry partners, together with funding programmes from the Research Council of Norway and the European Union. The candidate will work in the field of environmental industrial technology with focus on mineral processing by chemical (inorganic and organic) and physical methods, and integrating CO2 capture and utilization processes, and materials production and characterization.
In our team, you will work in the field of environmental industrial technology with focus on mineral processing by chemical (inorganic and organic) and physical methods, including CO2 capture and utilization processes and materials production and characterization.

Work areas

You will be responsible of performing work tasks within a research projects, under the supervision of a project leader or as the main responsible, including:  

• Design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure, test setups and chemical reactors
• Planning and running experimental campaigns in the setups, including documentation and reporting of results
• Data and results evaluation according to the project goals
• Safety work/HES related to infrastructure and instruments
• Responsible of the maintenance and upgrades of the facilities
• Main responsible of tests campaigns at bigger scale when necessary
  

Qualifications

• Bachelors, engineering degree or MSc in process technology, chemical engineering, chemistry, or similar
• Experience in mineral and metal industry is desired
• Experience in designing, building and running experimental facilities (reactors, test rigs and instrumentation), from laboratory to prototype scale
• Experience with chemicals handling, specially acids and solids
• Experience with safety evaluation
• Competence in industrial process design, control, simulation and modeling tools (e.g. ASPEN, HYSYS, Matlab, Labview) is an advantage
• Required good written and oral communication skills in English
• Knowledge of Norwegian is an advantage  

Personal skills

• Ability to take initiatives (independently or in a team) and highly result and solution-oriented
• Quality-oriented, responsible, dedicated and structured
• Motivated to learn new industrial processes and the scientific and technical challenges around them
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Flexible, versatile and open to work on a varied range of lab-to-prototype facilities            

We place great emphasis on your personal suitability for the position. IFE is subject to the National Security Act, and the candidate must be able to pass a background check and must be able to obtain security clearance and authorization.

We offer

• Exciting and challenging work in an interdisciplinary, international and growing environment within an broad network of academic and industrial partners 
• Participation in scientific projects of high international level in the field of environmental process technology and material science 
• Stimulating and positive work environment 
• Good pension benefits
• Competitive salary terms and working conditions 
• A workplace that will promote the employees’ health, environment and safety 
• We use background checks as a part of our recruitment process