RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop the knowledge needed to translate laboratory data into commercial operations (scale-up);
- Provide technical support to trial teams and to customers for troubleshooting;
- Contribute to structured R&D by use of project management methodology in the creative and innovative new product development;
- Collaborate in the cross-fertilization of knowledge and know-how between the different stakeholders and business units of Lhoist;
- Contribute to the improvements of products, processes and applications;
- Translate findings from industrial customer trials into process engineering models and identify gaps and needs;
- Guide the R&D testing team in execution and set-up of performance tests to deepen our know-how and to develop new products and applications;
- Adhere to as well as share a “safety first” attitude, whether within or outside of Lhoist;
- Act as an informal source of information for colleagues with less experience, guide and support junior staff
REQUIREMENTS
Years of experience:
10 +
Language skills:
English (any other language is an asset)
Competences and attitudes:
- PhD or MSc in Chemical Engineering;
- Minimum 5 years experience in the process industry;
- Chemical reactor engineering and/or kinetic modelling;
- Pragmatic engineering skills;
- Familiar with process scale-up / scale-down;
- Experience with execution of customer or manufacturing technical trials;
- Background in catalysis, inorganic chemistry, and flue gas treatment applications;
- IT Literate (e.g. Matlab, Athena, Comsol, Design Expert);
- Solid knowledge on FGT processes including fundamental understanding;
- Creative with strong drive to understand and improve practices;
- Autonomous and pro-active team player;
- Good communication and interpersonal skills;
- Excellent project management skills;
- Good people management and leadership skills;
- Fluent English – any other languages is an asset;
- Eager to travel world wide