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Senior Technician in the field of sustainability assessment

Reference:

25FUBPTGASCTBETATSTCI16427

Vacancy type:

New Position

Area:

Sustainability accounting and optimization

Call end:

22/10/2025

Job description

Description:
The BETA Technology Centre is made up of a young multidisciplinary team of more than 135 researchers and is looking to recruit a dynamic individual with leadership skills who is keen to be part of this project.
We are looking for someone who specialises in assessing the sustainability of products and processes, particularly with knowledge of technologies and industrial process modelling and economic and environmental analysis (using Life Cycle Assessment-LCA).
The candidate will join the BETA Technology Centre’s ‘sustainability accounting and optimisation’ research line as the scientific manager of tasks related to the sustainability assessment of several European projects, as well as some transfer projects with companies.

Functions and duties:
• Principal executor and person responsible for sustainability assessment tasks for various European projects.
• Scientific coordinator and person responsible for transfer projects with companies.
• Promotion of new projects with companies.
• Application for new proposals to attract new European funding.

Requirements

Decree on the approval of qualifications of teaching and research staff, and professional service staff

According to Spanish Royal Decree 889/2022 (Reial Decret 889/2022), official recognition of qualifications issued abroad may grant access to regulated professions in Spain.

If you apply for a teaching and research staff (PDI) or 100% research staff (PI) post, and do not have official recognition of the qualification required in the call, you should submit a declaration of equivalence, together with a Spanish translation of your degree certificate. You can also submit your equivalence declaration application, undertaking to submit the official equivalence declaration within 3 years. (Non-compliance will lead to termination of your employment contract, in accordance with Article 49b of Spanish Royal Decree 2/2015 of 23 October, approving the revised text of the Workers’ Statute.)

If you apply for a professional service staff post (PTGAS) without official recognition of the university degree required in the call, you should submit a declaration of equivalence, together with a Spanish translation of your degree certificate. You can also submit an equivalence declaration application, undertaking to submit the official equivalence declaration within 3 years. (Non-compliance will lead to termination of your employment contract, in accordance with Article 49b of Spanish Royal Decree 2/2015 of 23 October, approving the revised text of the Workers’ Statute.) If you submit a non-university qualification, you should submit an official recognition certificate, conforming to the specific regulations for your country of origin.

  • Title: Grado o licenciatura en Ingeniería química, biotecnología, biología, ciencias ambientales o similares.
  • Certification of Level C1 in Catalan or commitment to obtain it.
  • Accreditation of Level B2 English or commitment to obtain it.
  • Dominio avanzado de software de análisis de ciclo de vida, en especial OpenLCA (también Gabi y/o SimaPro).
  • Experiencia previa en la ejecución de proyectos con el sector privado.

Merits

• Knowledge of chemical engineering modelling software (such as Aspen Plus and/or Super Pro Designer).
• PhD in chemical engineering, biotechnology, biology, environmental sciences or similar.
• Experience in team leadership.
• Previous participation in European projects.
• Programming skills.

Competences

  • Planning and organisation
  • Teamwork and cooperation

  •  

    Organisation
  • Flexibility and change management
  • Communication
  • Learning and use of knowledge

This job offer includes

Inclusion in the professional group Management and administrative and service staff (PTGAS)
Type of contract: permanent
Full-time: full-time
Gross salary: €35,423.10

• Possibility of combining on-site work with teleworking.