R&D Engineer

Do you want to join us and create a more sustainable future?

EasyMining is looking for a driven and innovative person with background in process industry, chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, or chemical process engineering who wants to help save the world’s resources and participate in the transition to a circular economy by joining our R&D team in Uppsala.

EasyMining is in the process of commercializing technologies based on patented innovations that focus on recovering clean commercial products using waste as raw material. Our technologies include phosphorous recovery from ashes of incinerated sludge, nitrogen recovery from wastewater and extraction of chloride salts from fly ash produced during household waste incineration.

We are now looking for a new team member to support our team in designing, optimizing, analyzing, testing, and improving our current and future technologies, both at the laboratory and pilot scale.

Do you want to take part and influence the world?

Job brief

You will support our R&D team that works with developing and upscaling our processes. The position is in our R&D Department in Uppsala, and includes on-site work with optimization, calibration and maintenance of our equipment and assisting in the design, setup and operation of experiments and pilot trials. Both experienced and recently graduated candidates are welcome to apply.

Our R&D facility is equipped for the design, test and scale-up of chemical processes. We use equipment common in hydrometallurgy and chemical processes including leaching reactors, solid-liquid separation equipment (e.g. filter presses, belt filter, vacuum filters, centrifuges), mixer-settlers, separation columns, pumps etc. In addition, we maintain and operate a wide range of laboratory and analytical equipment.

Read more about EasyMining at our website easymining.se.

Responsibilities

Run and maintain laboratory and pilot equipment

Plan and execute work for equipment optimization and process optimization

Run laboratory and pilot trials

Analyze samples

Collect, analyse and interpret data

Document experiments and pilot trials

We offer you

A stimulating and challenging job where you will have the opportunity to develop skills and abilities together with motivated co-workers. You will take part in the development of new technologies that have the potential to change the world for the better, as well as the improvement of existing ones.

Required education, skills, and experience

A degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, equivalent or relevant experience from industrial or laboratory work as an operator, technician, engineer or similar.

Technical skills for operating or maintaining laboratory and/or process equipment and/or a degree in chemistry, chemical engineering or equivalent

Experience working with laboratory or process equipment and chemicals in a laboratory, pilot/demo facility or industry

Ability to work independently and in an organized way

Can document results in an organized manner

Full professional proficiency in English

Can handle confidential information

Beneficial skills and experience

Working proficiency in Swedish

Experience with industrial chemical processes (for example fertilizer, mining, pulp and paper)

Experience with industrial solid-liquid separation processes

Experience with industrial precipitation and crystallization processes

Experience with the operation of laboratory and process equipment

A willingness to travel for pilot trials

Application and Contact

Apply before 21st of May. We will look into the applications continuously.

If you have any further questions please contact Group and Laboratory Manager, Angela van der Werf at angela.van.der.werf@easymining.se. 

Further information

EasyMining has been a company in the Ragn-Sells group since 2014. Ragn-Sells is a Swedish waste and recycling company operating in 5 countries with an annual turnover of above 750 M€ and approximately 2500 employees.

EasyMining is today employing 40 persons that is planned to grow to 45 during 2023. The engineering and management are located in an office in central Gothenburg, the R&D is situated with office and laboratory facilities in Uppsala, and our German office is located in Berlin. To read more about us and our technologies, please visit EasyMining