Junior Research Scientist at Solvay - LOF M/F

Description de l'offre

Junior Research Scientist at Solvay

Solvay offers a broad range of products that contribute to improving quality of life and its customers' performance in markets such as consumer goods, construction, oilfield, automotive, energy, water and environment and electronics.

Vacancy description

Within the EOR Project Team, based in R&D Laboratory of the Future (LOF in Pessac near Bordeaux, France), you will be responsible for designing and optimizing surfactant formulations for the Chemical EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery) market. This work will be done in close collaboration with IFPEN and Beicip Franlab our partners within the EOR Alliance and will request customer interactions. The aim is to develop surfactant formulations with appropriate technical and economical performances to allow pilot and full field deployment.

Key missions will include:

- The design and the execution of lab experiments to deliver customer projects (including high pressure and porous media experiments)

- The delivery of R&D program shared with our partners within the Alliance

- Continuous improvement of our chemical portfolio

- Oral and written communications of technical results to our partners and customers.

- Literature survey to upgrade technical capabilities and understand competitor's position.

Profil recherché

Qualifications :

Profile

- PhD in physics, chemistry or chemical engineering with major in physical-chemistry.
- Excellent background in physical-chemistry (surfactant and polymer)

- Knowledge in foam physical chemistry is a plus

- Customer oriented.
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team: physicists, chemists, petrophysicists, reservoir engineers.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills (French and English).
- Highly organized.

- Team spirit and open-mindness

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