SECONDEE: E-Fuel techno-economics and supply challenges

TERMS

Your current home employer remains your employer during the period in which you perform your contribution to the Center.

Thus, the employer obligations will remain with your home employer including payment of all compensation, salaries, remuneration and costs owed to you as an employee, as well as any social or employment related taxes and all associated costs and expenses.

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OVERVIEW

- E-fuels, chemical processing, project / energy economics -

The green transition will accelerate the demand for renewable energy. Understanding the efficiency and the cost drivers of the pathways from primary energy to the fuels of the future will be essential for the Center. Drivers include scalability, capability of EPC eco-system, project economics, social acceptance, access to feedstock, and more. Further, the ability to contextualize the required change to business models to allow investments to happen will be required. Partners will bring specialized chemical process and project knowledge. The Fuel Manager will contribute to maturing the Center view on base assumption for e-fuel energy pathways aligned with Center strategy. Project management and robust stakeholder engagement are essential to the position as the Center ramp-up activities and activates the global partner portfolio.

ORGANIZATION AND TEAM

Chief Technology Officer - Energy & Fuels > Head of E-Fuels > Secondee

PRIMARY TASKS AND RESPONSABILITIES 

• Pathway analysis of e-fuel technologies: Improving a model for levelized cost of hydrogen expectations, in different geographies.
• Research of global supply chain gaps, such as electrolyzer manufacture and chemical plant construction.
• Develop Center intelligence regarding global renewable electricity costs and forecasts, anchored by documented research.
• Scoping of R&D projects —proposing structured plans, out of driving a cross-functional ideation process.

WHAT GOOD LOOKS LIKE

• Databank for e-fuel pathways completed ✓Data lifted to techno-economic model
• Lead on portfolio of projects supporting both e-fuels, blue fuels and green corridors
• Excellent networking across stakeholders: Center, Secondees, Partnerships, and 3^rd parties
• Management of projects in compliance with Center processes: coordinating stakeholders, aligning and adjusting scope, translating objectives into tasks. 
• Generation of deliverables needed for impact: reports, guidelines, direct industry guidance, or advocacy.

CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCIES NEEDED

• M.Sc. Degree in engineering, with experience or flair for business development.
• Familiarity with technologies and economies of alternative energy projects.
• Experienced with Scoping project ideas, translating them to targets and objectives, and defining tasks.
• Skilled at communicating results—Can craft messages for targeted audiences, as needed to convey complex ideas simply.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Solid experience in renewable energy technology and economics
• Proven track record with project management
• Experience working with technology / reactor design for H2 + CO2/CH4 feedstocks.
• Experience with chemical technology development, scale up and commercialization, esp. including NH3, MeOH, DME, or GTL.
• Experience with sustainability metrics ✓Understanding of existing maritime fuel bunkering and application

PERSONALITY AND ATTITUDE

• A can-do attitude – willingness to do what it takes in a start-up environment
• Capability and enthusiasm to lead tasks independently.  Carrying from seed, through execution, to impactful deliverable.
• Analytically astute and has a collaborative mindset – we succeed together as a center
• Self-driven and proactive, with excellent networking competencies and collaborative stakeholder engagement.
• Communicating results— Can craft messages for targeted audience, as needed to convey complex ideas simply