SECONDEE: Implementing Effective Certification Standards

TERMS

Your current home employer remains your employer during you are the period where 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.

If interested, please reach out to your organization's point of contact with the Center. 

OVERVIEW

Enabling the maritime industry’s uptake of low-GHG fuels will require a consistent framework of standards to certify carbon intensity. Accelerating this development requires influence on Regulatory policy and certification standards, in alignment with the Center’s published LCA guidelines. While biofuels are also in scope, this position requires more knowledge of blue fuels or e-fuels.

Our team within the Energy & Fuels department consists of passionate experts spanning: process engineering, asset management, plant operations, fuel procurement and trading, and sustainability consulting. We provide an innovative and collaborative workplace where you can expand your knowledge, surrounded by talented international colleagues across fields and industries: policy and regulation, vessel technology, safety, business and economics, etc. We offer an opportunity to tangibly impact the acceleration of decarbonization, by joining hands across value chains, in support of the maritime ecosystem.

ORGANIZATION AND TEAM

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

PRIMARY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• As the Center is a “do-tank”, demonstration projects are among likely near-term activities.
• Success would see a demonstration of a low-GHG-intensity fuel being certified through chain of custody, as part of a collaborative project.
• You and the Center should have a leading role to influence the framework in alignment with our LCA methodology, to ensure an effective direction for decarbonization.
• Additionally, you will help the Center clarify what possible certification-related activities could further accelerate decarbonization.
• Communicating an aligned roadmap could critically help to propel the industry forward in this critical transition period.

CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCIES NEEDED

• An Engineering degree,
• Experience with fuel certification and regulatory compliance,
• Knowledge relating to fuel supply chains and chain of custody.
• Able to scope project ideas into concrete, collaborative workstreams.
• Skilled at communicating results—Can craft messages for targeted audiences, as needed to convey complex ideas simply.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Background in chemical engineering, relating to fuel production.
• Experience relating to compliance with certification standards.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary, collaborative projects.

PERSONALITY AND ATTITUDE

• A can-do attitude – Willingness to do what it takes in a start-up environment.
• Enthusiasm and capability to lead tasks independently -- executing from seed to impactful deliverable.
• Analytically astute and have a collaborative mindset – we succeed together as a center.
• Self-driven and proactive, able to network to collect insights and knowledge.