Senior Process Engineer for 3D Concrete Printing

Overview

As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Holcim is supported by 70,000 people spread across 70 markets who are passionate about building progress for people and the planet through four business segments: Cement, Ready-Mix Concrete, Aggregates and Solutions & Products.

As we continue to look for more efficient and sustainable ways to build, and in line with our Strategy 2025 - Accelerating Green Growth, we need world-class talent to join our team. People who are passionate about sustainability, driven by curiosity and keen to grow, learn, develop and thrive in our high-performance culture.

The development of innovative and sustainable construction solutions, tackled in the innovation portfolio of Solutions & Products, calls for new process skills. The Holcim Innovation Center is looking for talents able to develop, in collaboration with our partners, optimized innovative process solutions for advanced materials application, enabling to secure the materials performances and the production consistency.

Responsibilities

Within the R&D teams of our Innovation Center, you will be working in research projects focusing on customized solutions for our customers, combining engineering, material and process axes, in a typical timeframe of 2 to 5 years before the solution is transferred to the market.

You will develop, share and communicate scientific and technological knowledge on processing solutions for advanced materials (e.g. mixing, pumping, extrusion, shotcreting, post-processing, etc) along with technologies to monitor and predict processing & material parameters (e.g. sensors, methods, models, etc). Your contributions will focus on understanding the key levers in the material / process interaction, in order to select the most promising technologies on the market, to optimize / customize them and accompany prototypes and developments during local market introduction. You will actively participate in Holcim innovation roadmap, in collaboration with our open-innovation ecosystem of partners (start-ups, industrials and academics) and with our operational units (local country teams).

Your responsabilities :

• Select, test, optimize/customize the most promising market technologies (process, sensors, etc) for the processing of our advanced materials to develop the knowledge of material / process interaction
• Collaborate efficiently within a multidisciplinary environment in our R&D Center (with material, engineering and end-application experts), with our network of open-innovation (start-ups, industrials, academics) and with our operational and business units
• Define and execute R&D programs, with associated management of priorities and required resources (Health  & Safety, purchasing/rental/maintenance policies, people, Contracts & Intellectual Property, etc)
• Clearly communicate results internally via scientific reports and updates, with good synthesis skills, publish external scientific and technological articles / talks
• Participate in operational tests (Proof of Concepts, prototypes, etc) with our partners and operations, and bring your expertise to support the operational development and the market introduction of these innovative technologies in countries, with relevant adaptation to local context
• Ensure relevant technological and scientific monitoring to trigger collaborations

Your impact:

• You contribute to the development of innovative offers for the construction industry
• You contribute to the decarbonization and increased efficiency of construction by enabling optimized processing of advanced material solutions, securing the final performances during this critical step
• Your select the most relevant partners and contribute to the development of the collaborations
• You bring your expertise at the service of the Group and help local country teams differentiate
• You contribute to the reputation of the Innovation Center internally and externally

Education/Qualifications

• PhD/MSc in Process, or Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering

Experience

• Experience: 5-10 years with a successful track record in innovation
• International background is a plus, with an experience abroad and in multi-cultural environments

Knowledge & Skills

• Technical skills: process or mechanical or chemical  engineering, knowledge of material / process interaction, knowledge of production lines implementation or control and optimization, ideally good understanding of present construction materials manufacturing and construction practices
• Soft skills: innovative problem solving capabilities, curiosity, team spirit, ability to quickly learn, result-oriented, excellent oral and written communication skills, management of R&D programs and of priorities, ability to interface with technical and operational interfaces (both internally, with our operations, or externally with our partners), flexibility and reactivity to adapt to changing environment

Language Requirements

fluent English is mandatory, fluency in French would be a plus