Environmental Industrial Processes - Sustainable Minerals and Metals

Do you want to make a difference for the mineral industry and the environment? IFE has an open position within mineral processing and extractive metallurgy in the Environmental Industrial Processes Department. The position is part of the Sustainable Minerals and Metals group (SUMM), which works within IFE’s strategic area of critical raw materials.

Job description

In this position, you will work on various projects and your tasks will include:

• Initiate and write research project proposals ranging from direct funded projects to large EU-projects
• Project management with close industry collaboration
• Close cooperation with other departments at IFE, research partners and industry
• Safety work/HSE related to infrastructure, instruments and daily work
• Communication and dissemination activities: Customer meetings, Consortia generation with industry and funding bodies, presentation of results in relevant arenas, publication of scientific papers, etc.
• Identification of intellectual property assets (patenting, etc.) when relevant
• Install and build experimental set-ups
• Design, conduct and manage experimental work related to extractive metallurgy
• Thermodynamic modelling and process simulation

We offer

• Exciting and challenging work in an interdisciplinary, international and growing environment
• Participation in scientific projects of high international level
• Stimulating and positive work environment
• Good pension benefits and competitive salary terms
• A workplace that will promote the employees’ health, environment and safety