Calcination Process Engineer

Why do we need you ?

The Gypsum Process Innovation department/team at TIP is looking for a Chemical or Thermal process engineer

Reporting to the Stucco Preparation Area Team Manager, your role will be Calcination Process Engineer within a Central process team with a worldwide scope. 

This includes the following duties :

• Develop further the knowledge of gypsum calcination processes
• Support plants in energy reduction, quality optimization and best practices
• Carry out studies at lab or at industrial scale
• Coordinate innovative research topics in partnership with both plants and worldwide R&D centers.

This position is based in Vaujours (93)

25% of time spent travelling (multiple short trips and/or long trips 1-2 weeks)

Possibility of remote work up to 2 days a week

Is this job for you ?

Languages: Fluent in English and French (written and spoken)

Technical skills required :

• Master of Science degree (or equivalent) in Chemical or Process Engineering
• 2-5 years of professional experience
• Experience in equipment design and/or instrumentation appreciated
• Proficient in Excel or programming

Soft skills required :

• Adaptability and ability to work in a complex international organization
• Good communication and persuasion skills, especially with operation
• Situational intelligence
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment (direct team and cross-functionnal teams
• Autonomy, pro-activ, initiative-taking, creativity
• Problem solving oriented
• Organizational skills, planning and task oriented
• Commissioning of new plant equipments and design improvements

These skills are not compulsory but may differentiate candidates if necessary.

This offer is open to all talents! Saint-Gobain is committed to equal opportunities on a daily basis. We pay particular attention to inclusion and diversity, https://www.saint-gobain.com/fr/news/agir-durablement

The Trust Empowerment and Collaboration (TEC) culture is the foundation on which our diversity and inclusion actions are built.

A little more about us

MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME, that’s why we exist and that’s our common goal.

Present in 75 countries, Saint-Gobain is the world leader in sustainable construction.

Our business? We design, produce and distribute materials and services for the housing and industrial markets.

Our solutions? They can be found everywhere in our daily lives – buildings, transport, infrastructure – and provide comfort and sustainability.

Our ambition? Wherever you are, let your personality shine and our values guide you every day in inventing a more sustainable world.

Technologie et Performance Industrielle (TIP) is a central international team of around 550 employees spread across several sites in France and abroad. Its mission is to define and implement the Group’s energy and environmental roadmap, while providing technical support to the Group’s plants, particularly in Construction businesses such as Gypsum, Insulation, Mortars and Glass. TIP is also responsible for R&D programs for products and processes in the Construction businesses, managing strategic investments and allocating capacity between countries.

The GPI (Gypsum Process Innovation) department is tasked with developing gypsum manufacturing processes with the aim of reducing time-to-market, improving plant performance, cutting energy consumption and CO2 emissions, and optimizing production costs at around a hundred sites worldwide.

Saint-Gobain encourage la diversité des équipes et favorise notamment l’inclusion des personnes en situation de handicap.

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