Contract: Chemical and BioFeedstock Researcher / USA

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Chemical and BioFeedstock Researcher

Accountabilities include:

Support delivery of new fuels, chemicals and projects globally (experimental, technical, theoretical, computational) in partnership with internal & external collaborators that address challenges related to bio feedstock availability, type, cost and supply chain
Support Subject Matter Expert on bio-feedstock to advise New Energies business on new business development opportunities for New Energies and Chemicals projects in East region with bio component
Maintain competitive landscape information
Define key feedstock characteristics, availability and regulatory criteria for fuels, chemicals and projects
Contribute to results published in peer-reviewed publications, internal technical reports, conference presentations, and patent filings
Develop understanding of the broader carbon and energy system, the energy transition, & the role of emerging technologies
Establish working knowledge of techno-economic analyses to place technology developments into appropriate context within the area of agricultural and forestry feedstocks.

Dimensions

The BD team is a global team, as is the customer base and relevant projects. Researchers will support projects globally from the US.
To establish effective working relationships with external partners, a non-trivial amount (>25%) of travel is anticipated to have sufficient “face time” to build, grow, and maintain collaborations.

Skills & Requirements

Ideally, successful candidates will have PhD in plant sciences, agronomy, forestry or a related field with minimum 1+ years of technical research beyond the PhD
They will be expected to have excellent intellectual analysis and integration skills, the enthusiasm to progress their insights and leadership ability
They will have demonstrated a willingness to learn and apply cross-disciplinary approaches to solving problems and be happy working in a tight-knit but globally-dispersed team.
Practical experience in one or more of the following areas would be distinct advantage: biofuel or bioenergy supply operations, crop development, water management, regulatory frameworks, nature-based solutions, forestry management
Experience with assessing new developments in the bio-feedstock area and put these in perspective with ambitions in the New Energies and Chemicals businesses.
Demonstrated commitment to HSSE
Demonstrated commitment to R&D as evidenced through technical presentations and publications
Knowledge of the energy transition and carbon & energy systems as well as principles of life cycle analysis
Capable of effective and impactful communications across topics, audiences, and formats at various organizational levels

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