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Edge Environment is a research, consultancy and education business with a focus on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) services for the construction, infrastructure, food and consumer product industries. 

Edge Environment wishes to recruit a consultant to contribute to LCA and product certification research and development for industry and government in Australia and overseas.

Your role will include supporting and conducting LCA’s, providing consultancy and contributing to the development of Product Criteria Reports for Environmental Product Declarations and Ecolabels; developing training courses for LCA practitioners and environmental professionals. You will help to represent Edge Environment at conferences, seminars, workshops and events nationally and internationally as appropriate.

You will have a post-graduate degree or professional qualifications in a scientific discipline, preferably chemical engineering, chemistry, physics, with some years experience in science based research and consultancy.

Based in Manly at Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Edge Environment offers a unique and inspiring lifestyle work environment. You will be working with and trained by Edge Environment’s LCA expert team complemented with external training courses. The salary range for the position is $70k to $80k (incl super), ultimately dependent on qualifications and experience. Edge Environment has the ability to sponsor non-Australian residents for this position.

For more information and to apply email info@edgeenvironment.com.au or call 02 9438 0100. The closing date for applications is Friday 28th October 2011.

Research Associate, Fuels Program

Position description:

The International Council on Clean Transportation is seeking a highly motivated and talented individual to join the Fuels Program, to work primarily on projects focused on reducing the carbon intensity of fossil fuel production. The Fuels Program is also actively engaged in the development of regulations for the use of biofuels, electric vehicles and hydrogen in transport, and the successful applicant will also have opportunities to work in some or all of these areas.

The successful candidate will be committed to effective environmental regulation in the fuels sector and use their strong numerical background and ability to develop engineering process models to:

• Develop in partnership with the ICCT’s collaborators a modelling framework for assessing the carbon intensities of different crude sources.
• Explore the cost effectiveness of opportunities to reduce extraction emissions.

The main projects the appointee will be involved in will build on the ICCT’s 2010 paper ‘Carbon intensity of crude oil in Europe’. As well as working on research papers, the successful candidate will be expected to coordinate closely with regulators in Europe and the United States, and may be asked to represent the ICCT at conferences and workshops in the US, Europe and elsewhere.

Reporting to the Fuels Program Lead, the appointee will be based at the ICCT’s offices in San Francisco. The expected salary range for this position is $55,000 – $75,000 per annum, subject to experience. The ICCT also provides a comprehensive benefits package. The initial appointment is for a one year fixed term, but this may be extended subject to performance and availability of funding.

For more information, see the posting on the ICCT website:

http://www.theicct.org/2011/10/research-associate-fuels-program/

JOB POSTING: Research Professor, Industrial ecology and recycling technologies (646).

Form of employment: Regular, Full Time
Location: Finland – Espoo
Organization: Materials and built environment
Application period: September 16, 2011 – October 31, 2011

The professorship is engaged in industrial ecology, research more towards the new industrial recycling systems and technologies, and sustainable production development.

Research Professor, Industrial ecology and recycling technologies
Future society based on sustainable development, where the re-use is of central importance. Materials reuse, efficient use of secondary flows as well as more efficient recovery technologies provide the basis for the sustainable exploitation of natural resources and thus creating a process, in which Finland is known as a role model for clean technologies.

VTT has a strong position in material, manufacturing and energy technologies in the globally. Use of raw material reserves is also facing changes in the Nordic countries and the global competitiveness will require new innovations to improve the competitiveness of the sector.

Finnish investments in bio-and mineral-based natural resource sector provides innovative use of the excellent and extensive opportunities for added value products. New innovations are born from a strong contribution to the scientific and technological expertise at the interface. The professorship is to strengthen the VTT's international competitiveness and visibility of scientific expertise in sustainable development, reuse materials, product-based solutions. The goal is a comprehensive industrial ecology concept development, including material flow management throughout the product life cycle, a special focus on the development of new recycling technologies.

Research Professor is required to provide strong scientific evidence of Materials and / or process engineering, as well as side-streams for recovery and processing sub-regions. In the successful management experience is required sustainability assessments and industrial ecology knowledge. In particular, calls for strong industry and business knowledge, strong evidence for International Cooperation, working at the interface of industry and large-scale international project modules. Industry experience is considered as merit.

Sending your application: Please send your application including CV by October 31, 2011 to: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Register Office/Kirjaamo, Vuorimiehentie 5, FI-02150 Espoo, Finland. Please include two copies of 10-15 of the most significant publications and other documents that demonstrate your qualifications. VTT uses international experts to help evaluate its applicants, so your CV and other application documents should be provided in English. Application documents will not be returned.

Contact for this job:
For further information please contact Vice President, Materials and Built Environment, Eva Häkkä-Rönnholm, tel. +358 40 700 0145, eva.hakka-ronnholm "at" vtt.fi or Vice President, Applied Materials, Erja Turunen, tel. +358 50 380 9671, erja.turunen "at" vtt.fi

The full post can be accessed here: http://tyopaikat.oikotie.fi/avoimet-tyopaikat/research-professor-industrial-ecology-and-recycling-technologies-646/574901

Job Title: Environmental Engineer/Chemical Engineer/Physical Scientist/Chemist, GS-0819/0893/1301/1320-12/13

Job Announcement Number: RTP-ORD-DE-2011-0217

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1 vacancy – Cincinnati Metro Area, OH

Enviance is a leading, successful, and fast growing environmental ERP software firm working mostly for Fortune 500 companies, including Walmart, DuPont, and 35% of US utilities. The company is building up its LCA team and is looking for strong LCA talent interested in conceptualizing,  building, and implementing next generation IHLCA models that integrate IO and LCA, working with the leading luminaries in the domain. Candidates will have a Master or PhD, robust LCA experience, strong awareness of latest LCA developments, tolerance for ambiguity, and excellent communication skills. Ideally work will be performed out of the greater San Diego area (Carlsbad office) but geography is flexible. Compensation is competitive including relocation packages.

If interested, please contact Corinne Reich-Weiser at the email: creichweiser "at" enviance "dot" com.

LCS Life Cycle Simulation GmbH (Backnang, Greater Stuttgart, Germany) is looking for an LCA and LCC expert and a graduate in the fields of

- Energy, material and resource efficiency
- Technical innovations and sustainable technologies
- Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing

Our activities are focused in the sectors of metal and plastic processing and surface technologies (automotive, chemical and general industries) and national (German) and EU research projects (LCS is partner for LCA and LCC).

Your profile
- Proficiency in process, mechanical, chemical or environmental engineering
- Proficiency in LCA
- Understanding of business administration and cost calculations
- Proficiency in oral and written German
- Proficiency in oral and written English

Please provide your full set of application documents electronically to matthias.harsch “at” lcslcs.de

Job Posting

Two PhD scholarships are currently available in the land use and land use change area offered through the Life Cycle Management program based at Massey University in New Zealand. The scholarships are in conjunction with two of New Zealand’s government-owned research institutes: AgResearch and Scion. The closing date for applications is 30 September 2011 for a start in February 2012. More information is available at:

http://lcm.org.nz/Education/phdScholarships.php

The University of Manchester is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Sustainable Chemical Engineering. The successful candidate will be based in the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science (CEAS), ranked as one of the three leading Chemical Engineering departments in the UK. Sustainable Engineering is one of the areas of strategic importance for the School and the University so that the successful candidate will join a vibrant research and teaching environment.

He/she will be part of the Sustainable Industrial Systems research group (www.sustainable-systems.org.uk), led by Professor Adisa Azapagic.

The successful candidate will be highly self-motivated with demonstrable expertise in his/her field and clear potential for development at international level. You will also have a PhD (or equivalent) in a chemical engineering or a related discipline and a demonstrable research track record and expertise in sustainable engineering, including topics such as life cycle and sustainability assessment, industrial ecology, sustainable technology and corporate sustainability. The ability, or potential, to develop and undertake international quality research projects through obtaining grant and research contract awards, leading journals and conference participation, is also required.

Expertise and experience in sustainable chemical engineering would be a distinct advantage, although applicants with related engineering backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Deadline for application is: 24 October 2011

Further information can be found at: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/jobs/vacancies/academic/vacancy/?ref=164600