Job Title: R&D Civil Engineer
Location: Nottingham
Remuneration: Competitive Salary
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 utilize and permanently mineralize CO2 in concrete. To date, C4C raised £4.5 million from private and public investors. The company is partly owned by two of the largest concrete manufacturers in the world, Siam Cement Group ($17 billion turnover) and Goldbeck GmbH (€7 billion turnover).
C4C technology has won a wide range of awards including:
1. 2021, The most innovative Net-Zero project from UN COP26 Climate Challenge Cup
2. 2021, SDG award from the European technology chamber
3. 2022, Top 10 start-ups from Royal Academy of Engineer (£20k)
4. 2022, Santander X Prize – Global Countdown to Net-Zero (worldwide)
5. 2023, Top 50 start-up award from PWC
6. 2023, Startups 100 Award Winner
7. 2023, Hard Tech Investment of the Year from UK Business Angel Association
Learn more about us:
* Technologies and Vacancies
* Day in the C4C Labs
* Employees Perspective
* Founder's story
Job Description:
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.
Person's Specifications:
Essential:
* 3 years post PhD experience leading independent research
* Ability to design and conduct research addressing fundamental scientific questions
* Experience 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
* Experienced in developing proposal/bid writing
* Experienced in computational chemistry, analysis and simulation of synthetic materials
* Experienced in carbon capture utilization and storage
* Experienced in patent writing and grant proposal development
* Experienced in the mineralization of CO2 for various applications
Roles & Responsibilities:
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. Utilization of cement/concrete chemistry knowledge for carbon capture and utilization 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 career progression pathway
* Interesting company social calendar
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