Job Description

Operational Duties:

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In the context of innovation projects:

Collaborate with operations, marketing, and sales teams to identify and define innovation projects (technical and market objectives). Propose innovation opportunities based on technical knowledge of customer processes, monitoring of the state-of-the-art (modelling tools, refractories, ceramics, raw materials, customer processes), and results from previous research. Define R&D actions (key stages, sequencing, timeline, research and development content, lab and modelling work) to achieve the general objectives of ongoing projects. Conduct or supervise necessary lab tests and analyses related to R&D or modelling activities defined in the innovation projects. Communicate research progress and present results and conclusions clearly and suitably for different stakeholders. Contribute to industrialization, define parameters and specifications for quality control, participate in pilot/customer trials and commercial launch of developed solutions.
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In the context of technical support activities using modelling:

Help define (technical and economic objectives) and select requests for research work, technical support, modelling or structure optimization received by the R&D department. Conduct or oversee lab-scale tests and characterizations required for research or modelling studies. Design and build test benches, specific or innovative lab characterization techniques necessary for modelling studies. Write internal (confidential data) and external (non-confidential) research reports. Present technical findings of modelling work to internal/external clients and make practical proposals on product formulation, refractory lining, or structural design.

General Missions:

Show scientific curiosity and analytical thinking; contribute to expanding the department's knowledge base. Keep up to date with scientific progress and intellectual property in numerical modelling applied to ceramics, refractories, associated technologies, and customer processes. Understand Calderys's characterization technologies and propose/implement technical optimizations. Analyze obtained results and draw conclusions. Attend key refractory-related scientific conferences/events, write publications, and present results. Contribute to patent writing. Ensure proper archiving of research data and product data in Calderys's technical data management systems.

Functional Management:

Plan, organize, and supervise tasks assigned to lab technicians at Calderys laboratories. Provide continuous training to lab technicians in characterization techniques, maintain high knowledge levels in refractories, and contribute to skill transfer. Support Quality and HSE tasks assigned to lab technicians. Help identify research partners (private, academic, clients, suppliers), build and monitor collaborative research projects. Manage collaborative projects and supplier relationships related to modeling.

Quality Missions:

Conduct internal/external training as needed. Ensure complete entry of technical data from tested products in archiving systems (e.g., Excel, PDM). Knowledge of standards related to refractories (EN1402 and derivatives, ASTM, JIS, ISO).

Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) Missions:

Apply and enforce lab safety policies and all current HSE rules and procedures. Evaluate and ensure risk assessments for lab work units. Enforce chemical product waste management protocols.

Minimum Education Required:

Master's Degree (Bac +5) in Mechanical Engineering , post-graduation/Ph D in material science/Ceramics/Refractories with simulation experience 3-5 yrs

Additional and/or Specific Knowledge:

Knowledge in thermo-mechanical and fluidic simulation Expertise in simulation software (preferably Ansys (mechanical and fluent), but it could be other software Refractory materials characterization techniques (RUL, WStest, mechanical testing at high/low temperatures) * Powder technology, inorganic chemistry, mineralogy, ceramics, dispersion and rheology of concentrated suspensions