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Reference: 23FUBPASCTBETATSTCI9927

Type: New appointment

Title: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) technician at the BETA Technology Centre

Type of position: FUB
Academic year: 2023 - 2024

Call start: 05-03-2024
Call end: 24-03-2024

Main unit or service: BETA Technological Center



Description:
The BETA Technology Centre is formed by a young multidisciplinary team of more than 80 researchers and seeks to incorporate a dynamic person, with leadership capacity and eager to be part of this project.
We are looking for a specialist in soil organic carbon modelling and sustainability assessment.
The candidate will join the "sustainability accounting and optimization" research line as technical responsible for tasks related to food losses and waste burdens accounting, assessment in the agri-food sector for incorporating in the sustainability assessment of the technologies and processes developed in the framework of several projects both European, national and transfer with companies.
The candidate will also collaborate in the preparation of new proposals to attract new funding.

Functions and duties:
• Responsible for supporting the management of the project (attendance at project meetings, preparation of deliverables, reports, etc.).
• Technical responsible of the tasks related to the evaluation and optimization of sustainability in competitive projects: Environmental, economic and social sustainability.
• Technical support on food loss and waste modelling and accounting for different food systems, for their incorporation in LCA methods and digital tools developed by the Digitalization group.
• Participation in the pre parathion of new proposals to raise new funding.


Vocational training
Higher Level Training Cycle in the field of environment, food sciences or related disciplines.

Certification of Level C1 in Catalan or commitment to obtain it.

Accreditation of Level B2 English or commitment to obtain it.

- Advanced knowledge of life cycle assessment methodology .

- Knowledge software (OpenLCA, Gabi and /or SimaPro).



• Bachelor’s degree in food science, Environmental Sciences, or related disciplines.
• Master’s Degre or PhD in Food Science or related disciplines (Food engineering, Environmental Sciences, Statistics, and data analysis, etc.) with a solid background in agricultural environments.
• Relevant research in Sustainable Food systems.
• Research experience.
• Previous experience in the execution of projects in the field of food systems or related topics.
• Technical skills in analysing data, modelling, Life cycle assessment, life cycle costing and social life cycle assessment.


ATTITUDE:

Planning and organisation

TEAM MANAGEMENT:

Teamwork and cooperation

PERSONAL SKILLS:

Flexibility and change management

INFLUENCING:

Empathy

THOUGHT:

Learning and use of knowledge


Inclusion in the professional group Administrative and service staff (PAS)
Type of contract: permanent
Total work: full-time
Gross salary: 30.142,20 €

- Flexible working hours. - Possibility of 2 days of teleworking.

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