Recycling Specialist, Polymers

Do you want to help packages made by Tetra Pak be recycled in every market?

The role of Commercial Operations - Environment is to support our business by defining and implementing an environmental strategy, developing supporting policies and ensuring implementation throughout Tetra Pak.

In your position as Recycling Specialist, Polymers you will be part of a team dedicated to fostering recycling activities globally, and report to the Recycling Programme Manager.

You will use your technical competence to support the creation and the development of technologies to recycle the polymers and polymer composites present in Tetra Pak cartons.You will facilitate a process to actively both collect and share knowledge with a diverse group of colleagues around the world who are responsible for seeking useful technologies and recycling processes.

Your main objectives are to:
-Maintain, improve and enhance a database for polymer recycling and recovery technologies.Assess and evaluate these technologies;
-Facilitate exchange of information and practices among local recycling officers in various countries, helping them to identify the technologies that fit best to local conditions;
-Drive a process to foster technology improvement and to scout for new technologies;
-Participate in target setting processes, establishing ambitions for recycling evolution short and long-term;
-Support initiatives to improve design for environment, and to strengthen the technical solutions for recycling of the main components of Tetra Pak packaging.


Kvalifikationer

To be successful you need to be a good networker and have good project management skills.You have strong communication skills and capacity to prepare and deliver presentations to senior management.Fluent written and spoken English is a must.

Your educational background is a MSc degree in Material Science or similar.You have experience working with polymers and probably a good knowledge about mechanical properties and thermo-mechanical recycling processes.A good understanding of environment general concepts and experience working in the recycling value chain are a bonus




Please submit your application online at www.tetrapak.com/working no later than December 8, 2010