Specialist/Senior Specialist-Wet end Chemistry

Stora Enso is an integrated paper, packaging and forest products company producing newsprint and book paper, magazine paper, fine paper, consumer board, industrial packaging and wood products.Stora Enso's sales totalled EUR 13.4 billion in 2007.The Group has some 38 000 employees in more than 40 countries on five continents.Stora Enso has an annual production capacity of 13.1 million tonnes of paper and board and 7.5 million cubic metres of sawn wood products, including 3.2 million cubic metres of value-added products.Stora Enso's shares are listed in Helsinki and Stockholm.


Karlstad Research Centre
The new department of Magazine and Newsprint R&D at Karlstad Research Centre is seeking a specialist/senior specialist in the area of mechanical fibres.Depending on the interests and qualifications of the applicant, the position could also include building and managing the new department of Magazine and Newsprint R&D.The department/research manager will be part of the management team at the Karlstad Research Centre and he/she will in the local line organisation report to the research centre R&D director.For projects and strategic issues the department manager will report to the R&D Director, Magazine Paper, Mönchengladbach

Stora Enso AB, Sweden

Specialist / Senior specialist - Mechanical Fibres

Description

The position involves working with the processes and people involved in the production of mechanical pulp and papermaking furnish mixtures within the field of pulp, paper and paperboard manufacture.The work is aimed at reducing energy consumption and ensuring product quality with optimum furnish mixture.You will have a leading role within Stora Enso as far as the development of mechanical fibres is concerned.You will also be involved in this field as the company's contact person for institutions, universities and colleges.

Requirements

You have a M.Sc.or the equivalent as well as relevant experience of similar work.Postgraduate (research) studies are a merit.The position requires you to:

.Act as a leader for problem solving projects as well as projects of a long-term nature.
.Be abel to travel.
.Have good communication skills.
.Be able to express yourself easily in English both orally and in writing.
.Contribute ideas of your own for new projects and evaluate those of others.
.Act independently and be able to take your own initiative.


Further information:

Anders Wigsten, Research Director, Magazine Paper, Falun Research Centre

Anders Brolin, Research Director, Packaging R&D, Karlstad Research Centre



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