Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Company: Gexcon Netherlands
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Reports to: General Manager – GEXCON Netherlands
Interview date: TBC
Send CV and cover letter to: sonia.ruiz.perez@gexcon.com and paul.taylor@gexcon.com
Role Purpose
Gexcon Netherlands is looking to recruit an experienced, customer focussed Research Scientist, who is passionate about simulation and modelling of software products.
Gexcon Netherlands is Gexcon’s business unit, fully responsible for the development, support, and research of EFFECTS and RISKCURVES, which originated at TNO; the Dutch research institute for applied scientific research.
In this role, you will be involved in developing new physical and thermodynamical models to simulate the accidental release of hazardous chemical substances and implementing such models in Gexcon’s consequence and risk modelling software EFFECTS & RISKCURVES.
This is an exciting opportunity for applicants who want to contribute to Gexcon’s global growth and expand their knowledge by working with an international team of highly skilled scientists, researchers, and software developers.
About Gexcon
Gexcon was founded in 1987 as a consulting brand of the Christian Michelsen Institute. In 1998, Gexcon was established as an independent company providing advanced safety engineering software, consulting, and fire and explosion testing services.
Gexcon continues to build on the knowledge and expertise acquired for more than 50 years of involvement in R&D and large loss incident investigations, such as Buncefield, Piper Alpha, TWA 800, and the P-36 platform. Gexcon has since become a world-leading company in the field of safety and risk management and advanced dispersion, explosion, and fire modelling.
Today, this Norwegian Company is headquartered in Bergen, Norway, and operates globally from offices based in Australia, China, France, India, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, the UAE, the UK, and the USA.
You
To be successful in the role, you must have the following:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in chemical or process engineering, with a deep understanding of physics.
- Robust understanding of chemical safety
- Experience with simulation/modelling of physical & thermodynamic processes.
- Good understanding of potential phenomena involved in the release of hazardous chemicals in various storage conditions.
- Understanding of the methods behind Quantitative Risk Assessment
- Eagerness to understand the safety implications of the ongoing energy transition
- Excellent communication (verbal & writing) skills in English.
- Ability to work in a worldwide international and diverse environment, with its different cultures and time zones.
- Energetic and self-motivated to produce results
- Excellent interpersonal skills
The role
Your main focus and responsibilities in this role will include:
- Research and development of new fire, explosion and/or dispersion models as well as improvement of existing fire, explosion and/or dispersion models
- Investigate the state of the art of certain modelling methods.
- Validation of models against experimental data
- Writing scientific papers and validation reports
- Getting involved with international research projects
- Presenting research at international conferences and symposiums
- Providing 2nd or 3rd line of support for EFFECTS and RISKCURVES customers, based on your expert knowledge of the algorithms of the models.
- Developing and understanding risk-calculation methodologies
- Continuously learning about international regulations and requirements
- Keep up to date on international new developments, both physical and risk-calculation related.
- Be involved in providing advanced EFFECTS & RISKCURVES training to our customers.
The rewards
- Opportunity to be part of a growing organization of highly specialised colleagues, aligned with Gexcon’s core values of trustworthiness, sharing and agility.
- A collaborative and positive working environment
- Active encouragement and support to continue with further education and personal development.
- An opportunity to receive training for Gexcon’s software and bespoke services
- A healthy work-life balance, flexible working, a positive work environment, and most of all to have fun with your peers as we conduct our business as a collaborative group of like-minded individuals.
- Competitive salary
- Other attractive secondary benefits
Gexcon is a proud contributor to the 17 UN sustainable development goals, which aim to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.
At Gexcon, we are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.