European Aluminium is looking for a highly motivated candidate with strong written and oral skills to reinforce its Innovation Hub department and Automotive & Transport Market Group. The innovation Hub is currently involved in a new EU H2020 project called SALEMA addressing Critical Raw Materials in Aluminium alloys for electric vehicles. The primary objective of this 3- years project is to demonstrate that a change in the material inputs required to produce high-performance aluminium grades is feasible; i.e. substituting primary CRMs (Si & Mg) by converting scrap and commonly available materials as the main source of alloying elements. The candidate will mostly contribute to this SALEMA project. In this project, European Aluminium will be mainly active in policy, standardisation, LCA and dissemination activities. This includes the organisation of workshops and project events, e.g. clustering events with other EU projects.
The Innovation Project Manager will report to the Innovation Hub Leader and will work in close cooperation with colleagues working for the Automotive & Transport Market group.
Hard skills:
- Master’s degree in engineering, environmental sciences or any other relevant scientific field.
- 4-6 years’ working experience with strong interest in communication
- Knowledge in European policies and Life Cycle thinking.
- Strong interest in research & innovation, being familiar with European funding programmes and related innovation projects.
- Be fluent in both written and spoken English and other European languages are an asset.
- Have excellent command of Windows Office package.
Soft skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both oral and written, and ability to achieve consensus when dealing with multiple stakeholders;
- Willingness and ability to work on a range of different issues.
- Be able to assess technical industry aspects and translate these into policy recommendations
- Team player, able to work in a multi-stakeholder environment, fast learner and committed.
- Good organisational skills and eye for detail.
- Pro-active and responsive with ability to quickly understand tasks and situations.
Responsibilities/tasks:
Under the supervision of the Innovation Hub leader, the candidate will
- Manage the contribution of European Aluminium to EU H2020 SALEMA project in accordance to the tasks described in the project proposal.
- Cooperate with the other departments in order to consolidate and coordinate inputs, especially for policy, sustainability/LCA, communication aspects and standardization activities.
- Manage the financial and administrative reporting to this EU project
- Securing communication and dissemination activities between European Aluminium members, various stakeholders and other EU research projects. e.g., through presentations and workshops organisation.
Additionally, the candidate will
- Contribute to integrate innovation as a core business of the association activities.
- Identify future EU project opportunities and facilitate their development
What we offer:
- An open ended contract
- Excellent team spirit.
- A young, dynamic, and professionally enriching international working environment.
- Multiple opportunities for development and learning
- Opportunity to work for an industry committed to the EU sustainability and climate agenda.
- Opportunity to network with many stakeholders
- Starting date: from 1 June 2021
Job Offer
Interested candidates shall send their CV and cover letter to Christian Leroy, Innovation Hub Leader: jobs@european-aluminium.eu . Applications will be revised continuously until the vacancy is filled. Please specify in the subject line of your email your name and to which position you are applying “Innovation Project Manager – SALEMA - [Your full name]”.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
European Aluminium ensures equal opportunities, treatment and access to all candidates regardless of their sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation
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