Chemistry Specialist

Are you an experienced chemical engineer or chemist with expertise in process chemistry, analytical chemistry, water chemistry or tribology? Would you like to utilize your skills in the world's largest PtX project recently won by COWI? Then grasp your chance to become our new chemistry specialist!

JOIN OUR DIVERSE AND INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT FOR GREEN FUELS & THERMAL POWER
We offer an exciting position in an important technical role in our flagship projects. We have a healthy, empowering, and collaborative culture, where aspirations to develop and excel within your professional field are highly valued. You will be welcomed by more than 90 motivated, enthusiastic, and friendly engineers, chemists and other professional groups specialized within energy. All of us are specialised in different areas, such as energy, chemical processes, carbon capture, electrical, piping, and mechanical engineering. Our diverse expertise enables multidisciplinary collaboration in energy storage, green hydrogen, e-fuels, pyrolysis, or similar biomass conversion processes. We are a social, open-minded, and well-functioning team, and you can look forward to a professional high-quality work environment.

DO YOU HAVE A DEGREE IN ENGINEERING OR CHEMISTRY AND AN ENTHUSIASM FOR THE GREEN TRANSITION?
Our department embraces a very solid position in the market, we are trusted advisors to key decisionmakers within the Danish energy sector. As our new chemistry specialist your work may directly impact and shape the direction of Denmark's green energy transition. In addition, you will work on a general scale with water treatment, process water and lubrication in energy applications, laboratory analysis and on-line monitoring. You often meet customers on-site and thus can expect 10-20 travel days a year.

You can look forward to an exciting workday which typically includes:

• Water chemistry in process plants such as water purification systems, wastewater treatment, electrolysis, boilers and steam turbines, electric boilers, district heating etc.
• Monitoring of operating conditions of bearings, gears, hydraulics, and transformers based on oil and grease analysis
• Plan, design, construction, and integration of Power-to-X solutions.
• Carbon capture and storage projects.
• Feasibility (CAPEX, OPEX), concept, and FEED studies.

YOUR SKILLS. OUR TEAM. TOGETHER, WE DESIGN THE FUTURE
To enjoy the position as chemistry specialist, you thrive in delegating and supervising tasks within energy production. This covers both systems under development (Power to X plants) as well as optimizing conventional production utilizing biomass and waste as energy sources. You can work on both the macro scale considering mass and energy balances, process flow diagrams, and P&IDs as well as the micro scale developing analysis methods and interpreting results in relation to operation of plant components. You will also contribute to continuously enhancing our process design, knowledge, and capabilities. In addition to this you should be motivated by being responsible for process design and optimisation. You have a high degree of initiative and bring a structured and committed approach to your work. You are flexible and open-minded, possess a good sense of humour and enjoy the social work environment. There will be amble opportunity for doing business development if you have a desire for this. Your English language proficiency is great, and you are comfortable with composing complex technical reports and documentation.

It would be a joy for us to hear from candidates who resembles the following:

• M.Sc. in Chemical engineering or Chemistry, and if you hold a Ph.D. it is favourable, but not a requirement.
• Ideally you have experience in Power-to-X technologies or Carbon Capture or Power plants or oil- and gas industry.
• Knowledge in analytical chemistry.
• Knowledge in software Excel, Aspen, Python and BI programs is favourable, but not a requirement.

INTERESTED OR CURIOUS TO KNOW MORE?
Feel free to contact Head of Section in Green Fuels & Thermal Power, Peter Myrhøj on Tel. +45 41763597

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
Click on the link below and let us know that you are a match for this role. We wish to hire as soon as possible; interviews will be conducted continuously as we receive applications. The application deadline is stated at the top of the page.

EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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