We have an exciting opportunity for a highly qualified/experienced Chemist to join as a core member of the managerial team on a partner track at Concrete4Change.
Job Title: R&D Civil Engineer
Location: Nottingham
Remuneration: Competitive Salary Including
- Basic Salary + Car Allowance: £42,000 - £62000
- Share options: £5,000 - £30,000
- bonus upon achieving KPIs: £2,000 - £8,000
Start date and end date (approx): This is a permanent position and is available for immediate start. (Flexible on start date based on notice period)
About us:
Concrete4Change (C4C) is a R&D company that is developing a ground-breaking technology to utilise and permanently mineralise CO2 in concrete.
C4C technology won a wide range of awards including the United Nations (UN) most innovative Net-Zero technology Climate Challenge Cup at COP26 in Glasgow, Royal Academy of Engineering and UN SDG. C4C is partly owned by two of the largest concrete manufacturers in the World (Siam Cement Group and Goldbeck GmBH). C4C is running several projects in partnership with the University of Nottingham, University of Sheffield & University of Warwick (total project value of £4M for 2023-2024).
Job
This position has a significant progress opportunity in a fast-growing team. You will be part of the core management team in order to deliver the C4C milestones and directly contribute to C4C’s growth.
Please see the person's specifications and roles & responsibilities below:
Essential:
- 2 years post PhD experience leading independent research, ability to design and conduct research addressing fundamental scientific questions
- Understanding of laboratory setup, HSE requirements, experience in equipment specification development and procurement
- Understanding carbonation mechanisms, and critical assessment of CO2 uptake and concrete performance over various life stages (product, use and end-of-life)
- Understanding concrete and cement chemistry
- R&D experience in developing low-carbon concrete
Desirable:
- PI or co-PI on academic research projects or equivalent industrial experience.
- Experience in developing proposal/bid writing.
- Experience in computational chemistry, analysis and simulation of synthetic materials
- Experience in carbon capture utilisation and storage
- Experience in patent writing and grant proposal development
- Experience in the mineralisation of CO2 for various applications.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Independent self-starter who can develop new technology areas that leverage existing capabilities and expertise, including CO2 adsorption.
- Contribute to the C4C IPR for CO2 adsorption technologies.
- Contribute to the funded grant project proposals – e.g. Innovate UK, European Innovation Council, UKRI, Horizon Europe.
- Plan, procure and manage the chemical laboratory in line with regulations.
- Utilisation of cement/concrete chemistry knowledge for carbon capture and utilisation in concrete
- Evaluation of carbon capture and utilization (CCU) techniques on the properties and long-term performance of cement-based materials
- Conduct cost-benefit analysis and LCA of the material developed
Benefits:
C4C is seeking people who want to do applied science, with an entrepreneurial spirit and use their skills to build a sustainable world. We offer typical employee benefits plus a share of what we will build together.
- A unique opportunity to work with top universities in the UK
- An exciting opportunity to work with Multibillion Concrete Companies
- A competitive annual holiday entitlement.
- A pension scheme
- A competitive bonus upon achieving milestones
- Unrivalled career progression pathway.
- An interesting company social calendar
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £42,000.00-£62,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee mentoring programme
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Profit sharing
- Sick pay
- UK visa sponsorship
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
- Loyalty bonus
- Performance bonus
Education:
- PhD (required)
Experience:
- R&D: 2 years (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 233547
