Company Description
Being part of a growing company in the cleantech sector and contributing to the global transition to a circular economy appeals to you? That’s exactly what our employees do every day. Enerkem is based on a revolutionary idea: transforming non-recyclable waste into clean fuels and renewable chemicals. Our Canadian-designed solution offers an innovative and sustainable alternative to landfilling and incineration while reducing dependency on fossil fuels.
Such an ambitious mission requires people who strive to make a difference. Our employees are the best in their field; they are tenacious and passionate contributors who transform challenges into opportunities. Our culture values individual ideas and contributions to the company’s success. It is an organization where you can lead and inspire others within a creative and dynamic team.
Job Description
You are passionate, talented, and enjoy leveraging computer tools to create technologies and find engineering solutions. Spending a day working with the computer is a good day. Drawing complex 3D geometry and playing with numbers/equations feels good. Facing challenging problems with no pre-defined guideline is exiting. Yet, your greatest satisfaction is seeing your work making it into the realm of commercial scale, real metal having a positive impact on our world.
YOUR CONTRIBUTION
As part of the Computational Modeling Group, you will provide specialized numerical services to other departments (internal clients), notably engineering, and plant operation. As such, you will frequently find yourself in a multidisciplinary taskforce. Objectives will often come as performance specification for equipment or process, for which there is no trivial solutions, and that are to be discovered with numerical simulation, most notably CFD, DEM and FEA.
Reporting to Computational Modeling Group leader and collaborating with modeling colleague experts, you will execute numerical analysis, report progress and results on a timely manner, and meet the client requirements.
By doing so, you will contribute to design reliable and robust equipment, minimize risk, solve problems, elevate knowledge/understanding, optimize performance, and develop next-generation technologies.
YOUR ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provides Numerical services to various departments (the clients).
- Execute CFD workflow (geometry, mesh, solver, post-processing).
- Execute various non-CFD simulations with commercial and in-house codes.
- Perform parametric studies.
- Perform data analysis.
- Provide regular progress updates to team and internal clients.
- Periodically perform presentation.
- Write technical reports.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. degree in chemical or mechanical engineering related to CFD.
- Experience in CFD (ANSYS FLUENT as an asset).
- Experience in scripting and programming (C and Python as an asset).
- Experience in drawing 3D geometries.
- Fluent in English writing/speaking (bilingual (French and English) as an asset).
YOUR COMPETENCIES
- Natural interest in computing, programming, numeric and math.
- Good ability in presenting your work to specialized audiences as well as in high level discussions.
- Able to work with teammates.
- Results driven.
- Innovative and creative thinking.
- Determined and resilient with difficult problems.
Additional Information
At Enerkem, the well-being of our employees is at the heart of our priorities! We provide a living environment where each individual counts and is recognized for their contribution to the success of the organization. We believe in the importance of celebrating our successes and having fun!
We focus our efforts on developing talents and, among other things, offer opportunities for everyone to participate in stimulating projects as well as learning opportunities and feedback / coaching that allow them to succeed, develop and flourish professionally.
Enerkem also offers a total compensation package that includes competitive salary, performance bonus, and comprehensive benefits to meet all the needs of our employees and their families, including telemedicine.
And that's not all, here are some other unique benefits:
- $ 500 credit for health care and / or physical activities to support the well-being of our employees
- An employee recognition program
- Social activities organized by a committee dedicated to providing fun and promoting well-being
- Enerkem adopts a hybrid working mode where employees are be able balance working from home and working at the office
- Training costs, membership fees and professional association memberships paid
- A flexible working environment with autonomy to take action.
Enerkem subscribes to the principle of equity in employment. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that offers equal opportunities for all, where people of diverse backgrounds and characteristics feel valued, respected & supported. These values, which reflect the talent, experience and qualities of our employees, allow us to get the best out of each and every one of us.