Research Fellow / Engineer (Food processing and pilot plant design with LCA / TEA) - DJ7

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in and manage the research project with Principal Investigator (PI), Co-PI and the research team members to ensure all project deliverables are met.
• Undertake these responsibilities in the project :

i. Lead and conduct bench-top and pilot plant extraction process for sustainable food ingredients and perform ingredient techno-functional property tests with the support of the team members.

ii. Lead the designing of food processing flow with optimized life cycle assessments (LCA) and Techno-Economic Analyses (TEA) for food ingredient manufacturing

iii. Plan, organize and carry out experiments and trials in the food pilot plant and chemical labs to achieve the objectives

iv. Manage and complete the project by presenting the findings in conferences or meetings with industrial collaborator, submitting timely data & documents, and purchase chemicals or consumables.

v. Consolidate the data in order to generate sufficient scientific evidence for meetings slides, publication, and report in conferences.

vi. Engage and communicate with industry collaborators for deployment of innovative technologies / solutions and visit their facilities to support the design of a conceptual pilot plant suitable for scale-up production.

Job Requirements :

Key Competencies