Senior Carbon Capture Chemist - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Concrete4Change Ltd

Description

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:
SeniorCarbon Capture Chemist


Location:
Mix of a home office and Concrete4Change Lab (+70% lab)


Remuneration:
Competitive Salary Including

• Basic Salary +

Car Allowance:
£43,000 - £64,000

• 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)


Hours:
Flexible working hours,


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 manufacturersin the World (Siam Cement Group and GoldbeckGmBH). C4C is running several projects in partnership with the University of Nottingham, University of Sheffield & University of Warwick (total project value of £2.5M for


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:

• 4 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
• Knowledge of synthesis, formulation and characterisation of organic and inorganic materials including polymers, and solid adsorbents (IR, UV, Particle histogram via SEM and TEM )
• R&D experience in fields of adsorption, adsorbent design, separation technologies, catalyst, materials characterisation, carbon capture, surface chemistry or polymer.
• Experience in adsorption and adsorbent chemistry. (e.g. CO2 or H2S capture)

Desirable:

• PI or coPI on academic research projects or equivalent industrial experience.
• Experience in developing proposal/bid writing.
• Experience in computational chemistry, analysis and simulation of synthetic materials
• 10+ years experience in material/surface/formulation chemistry
• Experience in carbon capture utilisation and storage
• Experience in patent writing and grant proposal development
• Understanding concrete and cement chemistry

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Independent selfstarter 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.

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 flexible annual holiday entitlement.
• A pension scheme
• A competitive bonus upon achieving milestones
• Flexible working hours
• Unrivalled career progression pathway.
• An interesting company social calendar