Acid Gas

The Low Carbon Solution & Gas Group is looking for a

Acid Gas & MEG Reclamation Technology Engineer (F/M)

Location: Rueil Malmaison, Lyon or Nantes - France

Axens Presentation:

Axens group provides a complete range of solutions for the conversion of oil and biomass to cleaner fuels, the production and purification of major petrochemical intermediates, the chemical recycling of plastics, all natural gas treatment and conversion options along with water treatment and carbon capture. The offer includes technologies, equipment, furnaces, modular units, catalysts, adsorbents and related services. Axens is also specialized in Carbon Capture. Axens is ideally positioned to cover the entire value chain, from feasibility study to unit start-up and follow-up throughout the entire unit life cycle. This unique position ensures the highest level of performance with a reduced environmental footprint. Axens global offer is based on highly trained human resources, modern production facilities and an extended global network for industrial, technical supports & commercial services. Axens combines the friendliness of a company on a human scale and the influence of a multinational environment whose customers are spread over more than 85 countries. Axens is an IFP Group company.

Context:

The mission of our Business Division (BD), Technology and Technical Support (T&TS), is to propose to our clients sustainable solutions, which are also efficient in terms of technologies / process, catalysts / adsorbents and services for the whole domains Axens is involved in (Oil & Biomass Hydroprocessing & conversion, Petrochemicals production & purification, Gas and Water Treatment, CO2 capture). T&TS Business Division is responsible for the performance achieved in Axens' clients units and for maintaining the competitiveness of our offer in a very competitive market and during the energy transition period. Technologist 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.

In the Low Carbon Solutions & Gas (LCSG) Group, we work on basic and detailed engineering projects for our customers in the field of natural gas treatment, syngas purification, sulfur recovery and carbon capture.

Main Mission:

Based in Rueil Malmaison, assigned to the Acid Gas & Hydrate Inhibition Technology team of the LCSG group, under the responsibility of the Product Line Manager, your field of intervention concerns natural gas treatment technologies (such as gas sweetening and MEG reclamation technologies), carbon capture on syngas stream (including Blue Hydrogen production) and sulfur recovery technologies. Your mission is to develop technical responses to calls for tenders for technologies, to provide support for R&D, technical assistance, sales and marketing actions. You will be part of the team and will ensure the knowledge and expertise on your field.

These missions are carried out in collaboration with the Sales Managers of the Commercial Division, as well as with IFP Energies Nouvelles and other Axens entities: Legal Department, Process & Technical Services groups, Marketing, Business Development and Technology Development & Innovation.

Main Activities:

• Development of technical proposals to answer requests to bids for: Process Design Packages (PDP) for new or revamped units in the fields of Gas Sweetening for natural gas treatment, MEG Regeneration & Reclamation, CO2 Capture for syngas purification (including the production of blue hydrogen) and Sulfur Recovery. You will be in charge of the definition of performances, operating conditions and technical guarantees. You will perform the preliminary sizing of equipment, process Flow Diagrams (PFD) and estimation of capital investment and operating costs.

• Maintain regular technical relations with customers (performance analysis, technical site visits, troubleshooting, etc.)

• Participate in the collection, synthesis and exploitation of knowledge related the processes for which you are responsible, including feedback from units in operation.

• Provide technical support to sales managers when defending technical offers and promote the technologies for which you are responsible through marketing actions: development of marketing messages, publications, presentations at conferences and seminars.

• Acquire and develop knowledge of the different markets and project stakeholders.

• Contribute to the development of the LCSG Group offer by proposing improvements.

Knowledge and Level Required:

• Engineer in Chemistry, Chemical Engineer or General Engineer with good knowledge in process and/or gas treatment, with a minimum of 3 years of experience in basic/detailed engineering design of sulfur recovery, MEG recovery and/or gas sweetening units.

• You are highly motivated to work on subjects such as Gas Treatment Technologies and CO2 Capture for syngas purification (including the production of blue hydrogen).

• Experience in R&D activities, skills in equipment sizing and simulation software (ProII, Hysis, ...) are appreciated.

• Fluency in English or French is mandatory.

• Finally, availability for short-duration overseas travels is required.

Associated Skills:

• You are a good team player with strong listening skills, in order to exchange with all Axens' customers and with the various Axens' entities.

• You have very good public relations skills as well as strength of conviction, in particular when providing commercial support.

• You are synthetic, rigorous, and concrete.

• You have excellent communication skills, both in writing and orally.

• Self-discipline, pragmatism, and analytical mind are required for the development of technical proposals and technical assistance tasks.

• Organizational skills, adaptability, and autonomy will be required very soon due to the small size of the team.

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