PhD grant DC-05 -Chemical Engineering- PROSAFE Doctoral Network

1 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Novotec

Department

Major Accident and Process Safety

Research Field

Engineering » Chemical engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Spain

Application Deadline

28 Feb 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

37.5

Offer Starting Date

1 Jun 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

H2020 / Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Marie Curie Grant Agreement Number

101119358

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Framework development for benchmark analysis and selection of QRA models.

The advertised subproject is fully funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network “PROSAFE”. It will be carried out by one doctoral candidate at NOVOTEC and  enrolled at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Chemical Process Engineering doctoral program,  over a period of 36 months.

The candidate will work at the Major Accident and Process Safety department of NOVOTEC (Applus+ group). The department has more than 20 years of experience and a workforce of 14 specialists. NOVOTEC is specialized in the field of industrial safety and environmental protection, mainly for chemical, energy and oil refining companies, in Spain and abroad and is very active in research projects in this field.

The recruited researcher will  select the best models and methodologies (from both practical and scientific points of view) to ensure consistency in their practical application to assess major accidents effects in the frame of QRA, to reach the proposal of a convergent methodology able to be applied by the different teams working in the different State Members of the EU.

Training on advanced uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for QRA studies will take place at UPC and training on big data and artificial intelligence and their potential for improving QRA at Port de Barcelona (PdB, Spain).

The methodology features the following key aspects: (1) A systematic collection and benchmarking analysis will be made of the software commonly used in both general modelling of major accidents and, more specifically, in the QRA developed for the Safety Report required in the Seveso III Directive. (2) A critical and comparative study will be done, based on real representative cases (LNG unloading, regasification and storage, ammonia and methanol storage and distribution). (3) Validation of the results by comparison with liable data (even if rather scarce) available from real accidents will be made. (4) Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of the results will be applied to ensure their reproducibility and consistency.

 

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering » Chemical engineering

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

• In accordance with the European Union’s funding rules for doctoral networks, applicants must NOT yet have a PhD
• An MSc degree in the following subject areas: Chemical Engineering, Chemical Processes Engineering, Safety Engineering, Industrial Enginnering or equivalent.
• Domain knowledge  in some of the following areas will by valued:  process safety, process hazard analysis; consequence modelling; process simulation; process design.
• Experience with modelling and equation/ object oriented programming. An asset but not a requirement would be familiarization with one or more of the following tools: FDS, OpenFoam, FLACS, PHAST, Python, MATLAB.
• Curious and appetite for developing AI/ML competencies and for solving complex problems within the process safety  and consequences modelling domain.

 

Specific Requirements

The applicant must not have resided or carried out her/his main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain for more than 12 months in the past 3 years.

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Good

Research Field

Engineering » Chemical engineering

Additional Information
Benefits

The recruited researcher will have the opportunity to work as part of an international, interdisciplinary team of 12 doctoral candidates, based at universities and companies throughout Europe. She/he will be supported by interdisciplinary mentors within the PROSAFE project and will have multiple opportunities to participate in professional and personal development training. Through her/his work, she/he will gain a unique skill set comprising Quantitative Risk Assessment, Machine learning, and Artificial Intelligence applications to the Process Systems Engineering domain. She/he is expected to finish the project with a PhD thesis and to disseminate the results through patents (if applicable), publications in peer-reviewed journals, and presentations at international conferences.

The NOVOTEC office is located in Applus Headquarters in Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallés, a city near Barcelona where the UPC campus is located. The researcher will have access to both academic and industrial vision in process safety.

 

Selection process

Please send your CV, a grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma (in English) including official description of grading scale and motivation letter by e-mail:

TO: Miguel Muñoz <[email protected] >;  Eulalia Planas <[email protected] >

CC: [email protected] ; Elsa Pastor <[email protected] >

SUBJECT: PROSAFE DC05-NV

 

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

NOVOTEC

Country

Spain

State/Province

Barcelona

City

Cerdanyola del Vallés

Postal Code

08193

Street

Ronda de la Font del Carme, s/n

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

State/Province

Barcelona

City

Barcelona

Website

http://www.novotec.es

Street

Ronda de la Font del Carme, s/n

Postal Code

08193

E-Mail

[email protected]

Phone

+34605893771

STATUS: EXPIRED