Job Description
Job Title: Graduate Civil Engineer/ Material Engineer
Location: Nottingham
Remuneration: Competetive
Start date and end date (approx): This is a fixed-term position and is available for immediate start. (Flexible on start date based on notice period)
Hours: 9am-5pm
About us:
Concrete4Change (C4C) is a R&D company that is developing a ground-breaking technology to utilise and permanently mineralise CO2 in concrete. To date, C4C raised £4.5 million from private and public investors. The company is partly owned by two of the largest concrete manufacturers in the world, Siam Cement Group ($17 billion turnover) and Goldbeck GmbH (€7 billion turnover).
C4C technology won a wide range of awards including
2021, The most innovative Net-Zero project from UN COP26 Climate Challenge Cup
2021, SDG award from the European technology chamber
2022, Top 10 startu-ps from Royal Academy of Engineer (£20k)
2022, Santander X Prize – Global Countdown to Net-Zero (worldwide)
2022, Top 50 start-up award from PWC
2023, Startups 100 2023 Award Winner
2023, Hard Tech Investment of the Year from UK Business Angel Association
Learn more about us:
Technologies and Vacancies: https://youtu.be/Qxjw-3vL4Ms
Day in the C4C Labs: https://youtu.be/q3tHdhAoUjI
Employees Perspective: https://youtu.be/dDa-xFofK3g
Founder's story: https://youtu.be/vkcxFPeCkqU
Job
This position has a significant progress opportunity in a fast-growing team. You will be part of the core team in order to deliver the C4C milestones and directly contribute to C4C’s growth.
Please see the person's specifications and roles & responsibilities below:
Essential:
- Experience in research and development
- Understanding of laboratory setup, HSE requirements, experience in equipment specification development and procurement
- Understanding concrete and cement chemistry
Desirable:
- R&D experience in developing low-carbon concrete
- Understanding carbonation mechanisms, and critical assessment of CO2 uptake and concrete performance over various life stages (product, use and end-of-life)
- Experience in patent writing and grant proposal development
- Experience in the mineralisation of CO2 for various applications.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Independent self-starter who can develop and test new ideas that leverage existing company capabilities and expertise.
- Plan, procure and manage the laboratory experiments in line with regulations.
- Development and utilisation of cement/concrete chemistry knowledge for carbon capture and utilisation in concrete
Benefits:
C4C is seeking people who want to do applied science, with an entrepreneurial spirit and use their skills to build a sustainable world. We offer typical employee benefits plus a share of what we will build together.
- A unique opportunity to work with top universities in the UK
- An exciting opportunity to work with Multibillion Concrete Companies
- career progression pathway.
- interesting company social calendar
Next Steps:
To apply please send a copy of your CV and cover letter to [email protected].
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