Project manager for the SEAFAIRER project - DTU Chemical Engineering

As Project Manager for the SEAFAIRER project, you will lead a groundbreaking Horizon Europe Innovation Action to develop climate-positive biofuels for maritime transport. Your role will be crucial in coordinating the demonstration of an innovation thermochemical biofuel production technology at Technology Readiness Level 7, covering the entire value chain, from sourcing biogenic feedstock to ultimately fueling a tugboat that will set sail on a 30-day campaign to provide the real-world demonstration of the biofuel quality and operability.
Are you interested in advanced biofuel technologies?

We are looking for a dependable, curious, enthusiastic colleague who has an interest in technology, enjoys solving problems and collaborative work to meet the project’s goals.

The job
The SEAFAIRER project, an Innovation Action funded by Horizon Europe, aims to demonstrate, at Technology Readiness Level (TRL 7), the production of improved intermediate biofuels followed by processing in existing refinery infrastructure to deliver climate-positive drop-in biofuels for maritime transport. The Project Manager will take a crucial role in coordinating various stakeholders, managing project administration and finances, and directly reporting to the Project Coordinator (Seyed Soheil Mansouri) and the Project Officer, who is with the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA).

Your main tasks are to:

• Collaborate with and report to the Project Coordinator for project oversight and execution
• Support the coordinator, consortium meetings and facilitate clear communication among partners
• Provide administrative, operational, and technical assistance to partners for project-related issues
• Help coordinate internal and external communications related to research and technical activities, including write-up of communication and dissemination materials for the project
• Help organise and assist in the planning of meetings, seminars, workshops, and departmental events that often involve technical discussions.
• Assist in preparing technical reports, presentations, and grant proposals, ensuring high standards of accuracy and presentation.
• Read daily news about relevant technical and market areas (e.g. biofuels; maritime shipping regulations) and create periodic short reports to inform the project team.
• Coordinate the preparation, consolidation, and submission of financial reports
• Ensure all documentation for justifying expenses is correctly defined and archived.
• Facilitate network building with researchers, industry professionals, government actors, and other stakeholders.

Our expectations of you
We expect you to have:

• a B.Sc. (equivalent or higher) in a STEM field or economics; demonstrated project management skills and relevant industry experience will be prioritised
• familiarity with Horizon Europe Programme and previous experience under this programme
• strong communication and personal interaction skills
• fluency in English; additional languages are highly appreciated

We are looking for a team player who can also work independently, who is motivated to help make, and be part of, a dynamic research and development environment and who has a positive, supportive and creative outlook.

What we offer in return
We offer an interesting and challenging job in an international atmosphere with the focus on research, teaching, innovation and scientific advice for the benefit of the surrounding community. We place emphasis on a high level of professionalism among our staff, so skills development is an integral part of our organization. We offer a great flexibility in the position. In the area of technical and natural sciences, DTU is one of the leading research and education institutions in Europe.

Salary and appointment terms
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) or other relevant union.

The position is a full-time position. Starting date is 1 November 2024. The duration of the employment is four years.

The workplace is DTU Lyngby Campus with flexible workplace arrangements (i.e., work from home, at locations required with the project activities, or another DTU building if temporarily necessary).

Application and contact
Please submit your online application no later than Friday, 18 October 2024 (23:59 Danish time).Open the “Apply now” link, fill out the form and attach your motivated application, CV and exam certificates.

If you would like additional information about the position, please contact Associate Professor Seyed Soheil Mansouri on [email protected].

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

DTU Chemical Engineering
At the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering it is our main objective to meet today’s industrial challenges and create value through education, innovation and research. Our mission is to develop and utilize knowledge, methods, technologies and sustainable solutions within: Chemical and biochemical process engineering and production, Design of chemical and biochemical products and processes, Energy and environment.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

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