Engineer in Chemical Engineering

Job Description

The main duties are to support development, operation, and success of laboratories of the Sustainable Process Engineering study program at VGU.

• Assisting in teaching (at least 160 periods per year);
• Assisting in research, prepare research proposals: working on research project(s) assigned by the supervisor, and assisting in and contributing to the overall research of the research group;
• Formulating plan and contents of tutorials and carrying out tutorials and exercises;
• Supervise all lab activities to ensure compliance with health and safety instructions and guidelines;
• Ensure that all health and safety guidelines are followed strictly at all times and maintain a clean and orderly environment;
• Ensure the operational safety of the machines, equipment and lab rooms;
• Manage laboratory consumables and purchase requests for minor equipment;
• Maintain, repair, and troubleshoot problems of machines and equipment to ensure they are operated safely with optimal performance;
• Document information by maintaining machine and equipment's daily logs and lab activities' record books;
• Providing guidance to students on how to use laboratory facilities in an appropriate and safe manner;
• Developing, setting up, and conducting laboratory experiments for courses of the study program or other study programs and assessing their laboratory reports if required;
• Assisting students in projects, such as bachelor theses.

Job Requirement

1. Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering or a related field.

2. Experience: 

• Experience in teaching support is preferable;
• Experience in working in laboratory or with industry is preferable;
• Experience in ANSYS, SOLIDWORK, AUTOCAD, MATLAB, LABVIEW, etc.;
• Used to work in chemical or process engineering laboratories or instrument company as a technician.

3. Knowledge

• An in-depth understanding of chemical processes, thermodynamics, mass and energy transfer, unit operations, elemental stoichiometry, and fluid dynamics and materials science;
• Able to design and optimize processes;
• Proficient in using tools, equipment in the laboratory such as chemical preparation, measurement, distillation, extraction, crystallization.

4. Skills

• Able to use certain computer programs concerning study program;
• Good in English both written and oral;
• Good manners of expression, good writing skills and organizational skills.

5. Behaviours required:

• Highly responsible;
• Open, willing to collaborate;
• Innovative and dynamic;
• Capacity to work under pressure to tight deadlines;
• Ability to be self-confident in an international working environment.