Akzo Nobel is a leading global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals, with leading market positions and brands in countries around the world. We operate in a number of important market segments ranging from buildings and infrastructure to transport, industrial and consumer goods.
We’re also the sector leader in sustainability and are number one in the renowned Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In practical terms, that means our sustainable solutions are in your lives, and those of your friends and family, every day. We’re the people that make it possible for you to do what you need to do.
| Domain | Heterogeneous Catalysis
Chemical Engineering Process Technology |
| Country | Netherland |
| Closing Date | 21 May 2015 |
Responsibility
Create sustainable innovations and shape the must-haves of tomorrow through results-driven technology research in heterogeneous catalysis.
Do you have the vision to see beyond current boundaries, and have the rigorous scientific approach to turn your dream into our new reality? Join us and show the world how your combination of thorough research in heterogeneous catalysis and unceasingly accurate process technology will overturn previous conventions – while opening up new, highly lucrative markets.
AkzoNobel is a leading global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals. Calling on centuries of expertise, we supply industries and consumers worldwide with innovative products and sustainable technologies designed to meet the growing demands of our fast-changing planet.
You will be operating within our Process Technology SRG, one of three Strategic Research Groups in the Business Area Specialty Chemicals whose role is to create new technological opportunities for breakthrough innovations. Each SRG works in partnership with a Business Unit RD&I team to turn sustainable technology into money. Situated in the Netherlands they contain the innovative power to direct our entire organization towards a profitable future. You will be working in the Group’s laboratories in Deventer, the Netherlands. Convince us that you possess the necessary skills, drive and potential, and you should be the person taking up the challenging position of Researcher Process Technology Heterogeneous Catalysis
Within the Process Technology SRG, we focus on creating breakthrough processes and technologies, optimizing existing processes and defining scale-up rules. With excellent modeling tools for creating insight from nano scale to plant scale and with state-of-the-art laboratory and pilot facilities, you will have all the essentials to transform initial concepts into practical solutions for AkzoNobel and our customers. Working within an inter-disciplinary, business-led team, your principal role will be to deliver cost-effective solutions on time, on target and on budget. You will join a multinational and multicultural company that is committed to your personal and professional development.
Achieving successful breakthrough innovation
We will look to you to explore alternative and novel technologies, together with process concepts by means of experimentation and modeling. You will deliver conceptual designs and process innovation, development and optimization. Experimentation will be based on and validated by experimental results gathered by your colleagues or yourself or via external collaborations.
Use your creative power, think out of the box and look beyond the horizon to identify and develop the most appropriate technology to meet the objectives of your projects.
Job requirements / Candidate profile
Candidate profile
Applicants for this position meet the following criteria:
- PhD (or equivalent) in Chemical Engineering/Process Technology with relevant experience;
- You must have a broad knowledge of and experience in heterogeneous catalysis and catalysis engineering combined with a strong back ground in process technology;
- Thorough insight in chemical reactions and reactor design is preferred;
- You have a passion for research combined with a drive to bring the developed technology into our plants;
- You have the people and communication skills necessary to carry out and lead projects while working collaboratively across boundaries;
- You are able to think differently and have a continuous drive to improve yourself.
Application details
For more information, please contact Rob Salden, Talent Resourcing Partner, +31 (0)88 0106789 #2.
We welcome your online application via our website www.akzonobel.nl/careers, reference 150002Z2.
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