Senior Researcher in Waste Management and Public Scientific Advice – DTU Sustain

Job title:

Senior Researcher in Waste Management and Public Scientific Advice – DTU Sustain

Company:

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

Job description

Job Description:If you want to boost your career as researcher, educator and provider of scientific advice within waste management, resource engineering and circularity, here is the chance! We offer an opportunity to join the faculty at one of the world’s leading university departments in resource and environmental engineering. At DTU Sustain you work at the forefront of science providing solutions to major societal challenges related to climate change, circularity, sustainability, and environmental quality.DTU Sustain has been very productive and successful during the last decades within waste management, resource engineering and circularity. Currently 7 faculty members focus on these topics, and fortunately we are now able to add one more senior researcher within this area. The position is defined below, and candidates should be able to collaborate with the existing faculty members, but also add new expertise and dedication to the group.Your overall focus will be to strengthen DTU Sustain’s competences within the areas of waste management, resource engineering and circularity, and especially be a key resource in the group’s contract with scientific advice to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Current topics in the group are emission monitoring, landfill biocovers, organic waste management, textile and plastic waste, carbon capture and LCA modelling. Your expertise can contribute to further development of these topics but potentially also add new relevant topics.Responsibilities and qualifications
You will interact with academia, students, public authorities, consultants, and industrial partners in Denmark as well as abroad.We expect that you have a strong background in one or more of the topics, preferably with an engineering (or similar) background or experience. Your primary tasks will be, in collaboration with the group, to:

• Provide public sector consultancy to inform decision making with regards to waste management, for this proficiency in Danish in both oral and writing is key.
• Perform research at an international level in the cross-field of waste, resources, sustainability, and circularity.
• Develop and contribute with new experimental approaches and methods (waste characterization, laboratory experimentation, field monitoring).
• Develop concepts for sustainable waste management in a rapidly changing world (climate, energy, resource limitations, land-use-restrictions, etc.).
• Develop insight into specific waste problems and/or specific waste technologies to contribute to the data-based system modelling constituting a common platform for our research.
• Contribute to research in the group and with colleagues in related sections (materials, environmental assessment, etc.).
• Develop and promote the EASETECH tool, for which previous in-depth working knowledge is a requirement and must be documented in the application.
• Teach and supervise BSc and MSc student projects and be supervisor for PhD students covering a broad range of waste related topics.
• Interests in sustainability (e.g., LCA) and circularity.

For the position the potential for contributing to the group and for world-class performance within the area is key in the evaluation process. Documentation for past performance and achievements, especially within the area of scientific advice is important for the position. Candidates are not expected to meet all the wishes nor perform within all the topics listed above.You must contribute to teaching at the Department. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. Since the position requires immediate work in connection to the contract with the Danish EPA, you are expected to master both languages.As a formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent) as well as academic qualifications equivalent to those obtained by holding a position as a researcher or postdoc. To be appointed as a senior researcher, you must have completed a didactic/pedagogic education. If you do not have the necessary education, then it is possible to complete this requirement within a period of two years of appointment.You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Research experience
• Experience and quality of teaching
• Research vision and potential
• International impact and experience
• Societal impact
• Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry
• Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.You can read more about career paths at DTU .The starting date is November 1st, 2024 (or according to mutual agreement). The position is a full-time position.Further information
Further information may be obtained from Head of Section, Professor Charlotte Scheutz, , tel.: +45 26285828You can read more about DTU Sustain at .If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at .Application procedure
Please submit your online application no later than Sunday, 1 September 2024 (23:59 Danish time).Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link “Apply now”, fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• Vision for teaching and research
• CV including employment history, list of publications indicating scientific highlights, H-index and ORCID (see

) including documentation of teaching experience * Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD)You can learn more about the recruitment process .Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.DTU Sustain – Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering – is one of the largest university departments specializing in environmental and resource engineering in Europe. The department conducts research, development & scientific advice and provides educational programs and service to society. We are working to develop new environmentally friendly and sustainable technologies, methods and solutions, and to disseminate this knowledge to society and future generations of engineers. The Department has approximately 300 staff from more than 30 nationalities.Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

Expected salary

Location

Kongens Lyngby, Hovedstaden – Lyngby, Midtjylland

Job date

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 07:03:45 GMT

To help us track our recruitment effort, please indicate in your email/cover letter where (vacanciesineu.com) you saw this job posting.