Research Projects Officer

2 months ago


Perth, Australia CSIRO Full time

**Acknowledgement of Country**:
CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

**Child safety**:
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.

**The opportunity**:

- **Collaborate within a team of research staff**:

- **Contribute towards deploying CSIRO’s CO2 capture technology**:

- **Join CSIRO - Australia’s leading scientific research organisation**

CSIRO’s Energy Business Unit is seeking a Research Projects Officer to work with the direct air capture team on scaling carbon capture technologies designed for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and point sources of CO2. This includes a significant material synthesis and testing component.

You will assist with the synthesis of new materials and their detailed characterisation to support scale-up of carbon capture technologies. The ultimate goal of the team is to scale technologies to pilot scale and beyond.

The team has a number of strategic and commercial projects looking at deploying CSIRO's CO2 capture technology into the field.

**Your duties will include**:

- Carry out material synthesis and characterisation with an emphasis on carbon capture sorbents
- Assess the performance of the materials using a range of analytical techniques
- Design bespoke test systems and methodologies where required
- Carry out routine maintenance ensuring all equipment is up to specification
- Under limited supervision perform synthetic methodologies to select the correct practices to carry out the synthesis safely, in doing so adhere to CSIRO HSE policies
- Under limited supervision, design and perform experiments and laboratory analyses, design new materials and processes by adapting existing techniques and components to meet special circumstances or undertake modifications to methods requiring some innovation.
- Design data recording and entry systems.
- Conduct literature reviews, investigations and inspections in the laboratory including associated analysis possibly involving statistical or graphics software.
- Perform some non-routine analyses or technology development activities using a range of techniques, often working on a number of parallel and competing tasks.
- Independently test possible solutions to resolve identified problems.
- May have responsibility for maintaining laboratory or fieldwork consumables and scheduling and instructing staff in the use of shared equipment.

**Location**: Kensington, Perth, WA

**Salary**: AU$93K - AU$106K per annum (pro-rata for part-time) + up to 15.4% superannuation.

**Tenure**: Specified Term of 3 years - Full time.

**Reference**: 97896

**To be considered you will need**:
**Essential**
- Under CSIRO policy only those who meet all essential criteria can be appointed._
- Relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant work experience in chemistry, analytical chemistry, chemical engineering or material synthesis
- Demonstrated experience with material handling and testing.
- Fundamental understanding of engineering
- Technical skills in material analysis in order to test the developed materials.

**Desirable**
- PhD in chemistry or chemical engineering
- Experience with experimental instrumentation and controls.
- Experience handling new materials safely including use of correct PPE.

For full details about the role please view the Position Description

**Eligibility**:
Applications for this position are open to Australian/New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents only.

**Flexible working arrangements**:
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

**Diversity and inclusion**:
We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.

**About CSIRO**:
At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact.

CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.

Join us and start creating tomorrow today

**How to apply**:
**Applications close**:
Sunday 6th October 2024, 11:00pm AEST



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