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Job Description

The Technology Engineer position is at the crossroads of Axens core jobs, mixing technical support to sales, partnership of the performance of our Clients and piloting R&D actions to ensure our long-term competitiveness. He/She will work on these various missions in close cooperation with the Commercial Business Divisions (Global Market Manager, Regional Sales Manager) and at the interface with other Axens entities (Project Operation BD, Industrial Operation BD, Legal Department,…). He/She will report hierarchically to a Product Line Manager. This position requires traveling abroad.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing the customer’s needs and the competitive context in order to deliver the best technical solution.
• Preparing the technical proposal (technologies and/or catalysts) as a response to a call for tender. He/She makes technology choices, defines operating conditions and provides performance guarantees. He/She can make preliminary sizing of equipments and calculate the economics of the project.
• Technically supporting the Regional Sales Managers for the preparation and defense of these offers with customers
• Promoting Axens’ technologies, catalysts and services through marketing actions : update of marketing documents, publications, presentations in congresses or seminars,…
• Following-up a portfolio of industrial units and maintaining frequent technical relationship with customers (performance review, on-site technical visits, troubleshooting,…)
• Carrying outfield missions (from a few days to a few weeks) at clients’ facilities
• Participating to the collection, synthesis and treatment of the plant data he /she is in charge of the monitoring
• Driving or contributing to conceptual studies or projects for Axens’ clients

Job Qualifications

You are an Engineer in Chemistry, Chemical Engineer, or General Engineer with good knowledge in process and/or catalysis, and you have a significant first experience, either in design/engineering or in the operation of industrial plants or in the field of refining/petrochemistry catalysts.

You have knowledge in the hydrotreatment process.

You possess skills in design and equipment sizing using simulation software (ProII, Hysis, etc.), which is a plus.

You are fluent in English, which is a must for this position.

Associated Skills :

• You enjoy team working, you have a strong sense of listening to exchange the right information with the various Axens entities concerned and our customers
• You have very good relational contacts as well as qualities to convince, in particular within the framework of commercial support activities
• You are synthetic, rigorous, concrete. You have the taste for the formatting of arguments and their presentation. You have communication skills, both in writing and orally. These are qualities expected to develop the technical solutions to be proposed and defend them in front of the customers but also for the missions of follow-up and technical assistance.
• Availability for short-duration travels is required.

How to apply

https://axens.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/1053?c=axens&source=LinkedIn