Graduate Civil Engineer - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Concrete4Change

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    Job Description

    We have multiple exciting opportunities for highly experienced Concrete specialists to join members of the research team at Concrete4Change.

    Job Title: Civil Engineer

    Location: This is an office-based position in Nottingham, United Kingdom.

    Remuneration: Competitive Salary Including

    • Basic salary
    • Car allowance
    • Share options
    • bonus upon achieving KPIs

    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 concerte.

    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 £5 million for

    Job

    This position has a significant progress opportunity in a fast-growing team.

    Please see the person's specifications and roles & responsibilities below:

    Essential:

    • 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
    • More than 2 years of experience in construction industry

    Desirable:

    • 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:

    • Develop and regularly evaluate the strategy for the R&D in line with the goals of the company.
    • Review all laboratory requirements, and purchase requests, write purchasing requests, evaluate requirements and ensure budgets are utilised efficiently.

    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
    • Health insurance and life insurance