Would you like to be part of Norner’s growth?

Norner is a leading industrial polymer development center for the materials- and plastics industry with over 40 years of experience. Norner currently has 67 employees from 8 nationalities and is in an exciting development. Our business vision is to be the market leader in industrial R&D services within the development of innovative and sustainable polymer solutions in close cooperation with international industry. Norner has a very advanced lab, test and development center of 6000 m2. We want to create value for our customers and the owner, and for the society through innovation supporting UN's sustainability goals.

Our efforts are based on expertise, knowledge and a continuous search for new opportunities and our values;

PASSION – CONFIDENCE - IMPACT – IMAGINE

Excellent career opportunities are currently available for R&D Chemical Engineers/Chemists within Norner's R&D department in the areas of polymer catalysis and chemical recycling of plastic waste.

The work will be in several areas (assignment will be depended on the qualification of the candidate):

• Polymerization catalyst synthesis
• Testing and evaluation of polymerization catalysts
• Capability improvement and troubleshooting activities for catalyst testing
• Participate to drive continued improvements in safe and efficient catalyst testing/evaluation
• Compile & analyse data to ensure quality/insight and provide data to customers and project teams, provide recommendation for improvement
• Design of pilot units and performing upscaling studies
• Process modelling & optimization
• Project Management

You must have:

• Master’s degree in chemical engineering or Chemistry (preferable PhD related to polymer catalysis)
• Minimum of 4 years experience working in laboratory or R&D environment

We value:

• Experience in upscaling chemical (catalytic) processes from laboratory to pilot or full scale
• Experience in catalyst development (preferable polymerization catalysts)
• Experience in catalytic process development (preferable polymerization processes)
• Experience in chemical process modelling and early phase cost estimation
• Knowledge in process digitalization and automatization/autonomation. Interest in programming (e.g. MatLab, Phyton, C++) is an advantage
• Experience in working with hazardous chemicals, especially at high pressures and temperatures
• Proven laboratory working practice and high HSE standards
• Proven project management skills
• Fluent in spoken/written English
• Experience from industry
• Good communication skills

We offer:

• Enthusiastic working environment with high competence, commercial involvement and engagement
• Interesting projects within many different industries both locally and globally
• Competitive conditions and good welfare benefits
• Personal development opportunities