Graduate Civil Engineer

Job Title: Graduate Civil Engineer/ Material Engineer

Location: Nottingham

Remuneration: Competetive

Start date and end date (approx): This is a Zero-hour position and is available for immediate start. (Flexible on start date based on notice period)

Hours: 9am-5pm

About us:

Concrete4Change (C4C) is a R&D company that is developing a ground-breaking technology to utilise and permanently mineralise CO2 in concrete. To date, C4C raised £4.5 million from private and public investors. The company is partly owned by two of the largest concrete manufacturers in the world, Siam Cement Group ($17 billion turnover) and Goldbeck GmbH (€7 billion turnover).

C4C technology won a wide range of awards including

2021, The most innovative Net-Zero project from UN COP26 Climate Challenge Cup

2021, SDG award from the European technology chamber

2022, Top 10 startu-ps from Royal Academy of Engineer (£20k)

2022, Santander X Prize - Global Countdown to Net-Zero (worldwide)

2022, Top 50 start-up award from PWC

2023, Startups 100 2023 Award Winner

2023, Hard Tech Investment of the Year from UK Business Angel Association

Learn more about us:

Technologies and Vacancies: https://youtu.be/Qxjw-3vL4Ms

Day in the C4C Labs: https://youtu.be/q3tHdhAoUjI

Employees Perspective: https://youtu.be/dDa-xFofK3g

Founder's story: https://youtu.be/vkcxFPeCkqU

Job

This position has a significant progress opportunity in a fast-growing team. You will be part of the core team in order to deliver the C4C milestones and directly contribute to C4C's growth.

Please see the person's specifications and roles & responsibilities below:

Essential:

• Experience in research and development
• Understanding of laboratory setup, HSE requirements, experience in equipment specification development and procurement
• Understanding concrete and cement chemistry

Desirable:

• R&D experience in developing low-carbon concrete
• Understanding carbonation mechanisms, and critical assessment of CO2 uptake and concrete performance over various life stages (product, use and end-of-life)
• Experience in patent writing and grant proposal development
• Experience in the mineralisation of CO2 for various applications.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Independent self-starter who can develop and test new ideas that leverage existing company capabilities and expertise.
• Plan, procure and manage the laboratory experiments in line with regulations.
• Development and utilisation of cement/concrete chemistry knowledge for carbon capture and utilisation in concrete

Benefits:

C4C is seeking people who want to do applied science, with an entrepreneurial spirit and use their skills to build a sustainable world. We offer typical employee benefits plus a share of what we will build together.

• A unique opportunity to work with top universities in the UK
• An exciting opportunity to work with Multibillion Concrete Companies
• career progression pathway.
• interesting company social calendar

Next Steps:

To apply please send a copy of your CV and cover letter to info@concrete4change.com.