VIE RESEARCH ENGINEER PROPPANTS (M/W)

Job description

Entreprise:
Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest building materials companies and manufacturer of innovative material solutions, helps create great living spaces by combining comfort and sustainability. For more than three-and-a-half centuries, Saint-Gobain has been enhancing the well-being of people everywhere, whether it’s by addressing climate change, delivering true sustainable development, advancing the information revolution, participating in medical breakthroughs or playing a vital role in space exploration. Focusing on the intersection of people, innovation and purpose, Saint-Gobain helps to address the needs of today and the challenges of tomorrow – offering employees the opportunity to invent themselves and reshape the world.
Saint-Gobain Proppants understands what’s riding on every well you drill. For over 40 years, we’ve been manufacturing high quality, high performance ceramic proppants that not only meet, but exceed, rigorous downhole performance requirements — and we back up our commitment to quality products with competitive pricing and excellent service.
Our products include our new line of low-density, lightweight Proppants, VersaLite®, as well as industry standards VersaProp®, InterProp®, UltraProp®and Sintered Bauxite®; all our products use high quality bauxite, resulting in strong, durable proppants that can withstand the toughest down hole environments. Saint-Gobain Proppants have contributed to successful hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas wells around the globe, helping to increase yields from existing wells and improve the industry’s ability to effectively tap new formations.
Poste et missions:
This position is responsible for the engineering of new products, materials, processes, and technologies for Saint-Gobain Proppants and fulfills the following requirements listed in Principle accountabilities.
Principal Accountabilities
- Follow Saint-Gobain HSE policies, encouraging, empowering, and involving every team member to create a safety-centric culture for all activities;
- Responsible for development of laboratory application/qualification testing protocols that demonstrate to the customers the value-added proposition of Saint-Gobain products among multiple application fields. Conduct, document, and report those tests and findings;
- Develop and improve product evaluation capabilities in the laboratory for multi-applications, and document/update standard operation procedures. Document new tests and work with technicians to implement. Conduct cross-site instrument certification, and provide basic maintenance and troubleshooting for laboratory equipment;
- Partner with manufacturing, sales and marketing team and assist in development of strong global relationships and collaborations with business, customers, and universities.
Profil:
Master degree or above in Ceramic, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science or other relevant scientific or engineering field. Having working experience is preferred.
Computer skills such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and math/statistical procedures.
Ability to effectively communicate observations, experimental data, and test details in English.
Perform characterization and technical analysis of current and new products with rigorous attention to details.
Demonstrate a creative, problem-solving methodology with a hands on approach to product development.
Adaptive and flexible interpersonal skills, collaborative nature, and a commitment to innovation.