Acid Gas Technology Engineer

**The Low Carbon Solution & Gas Group is looking for a**

**Acid Gas Technology Engineer (M/F)**

Location: Rueil Malmaison - France

**AXENS PRESENTATION**

Created in 2001 as a subsidiary of IFP Energies Nouvelles Group, Axens is an international provider of technologies, equipment, products and services enabling the transformation of oil, gas, biomass into clean fuels, as well as the production and purification of the main petrochemical intermediates. Its unique range of solutions guarantees optimal performance with a reduced ecological footprint. Axens' global offer is based on highly qualified personnel, modern production sites and an extensive global network of industrial, commercial and technical support 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.

Anchored in the present thanks to a portfolio of hundreds of constantly evolving high-performance technologies and products, Axens is also turned towards the future and prepares for its customers the energy transition with eco-efficient and sustainable solutions.

**MAIN MISSION**

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 the design of basic or detailed engineering projects for our customers in the field of natural gas treatment, sulfur recovery and carbon capture.

Based in Rueil Malmaison, assigned to the Acid Gas Technology Team of the LCSG group, under the responsibility of the Product Line Manager, your field of intervention concerns natural gas treatment technologies and sulfur recovery catalysts. Your mission is to develop technical responses to calls for tenders for technologies and catalysts and to provide support for R&D, Technical assistance, sales and marketing actions. You will be part of the team ensureing the knowledge and expertise of the 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.

Your assignment will involve short-term overseas travel.

**MAIN ACTIVITIES**
- Development of technical proposals to answer requests to bids for:
1. Sulphur Recovery Catalysts. You will be in charge of the definition of performances, operating conditions and technical guarantees.

2. Process Design Packages (PDP) for new or revamped units in the fields of Gas Sweetening with amines, CO2 Capture for the production of blue hydrogen and Sulfur Recovery. You will be in charge of the definition of performances, quantity of catalysts/solvent, 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.
- Manage a portfolio of sulfur recovery units and 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, solvents and catalysts for which you are responsible, including feedback from units in operation.
- Provide technical support to sales managers when defending technical offers and promote the catalysts and 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 projects stakeholders.
- Contribute to the development of the LCSG Group offer by proposing improvements.

**QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE**

Chemical or process engineer preferably with a first experience in:

- Basic engineering design of sulfur recovery and gas sweetening units with amines, or,
- In operation of such industrial units, or,
- In the field of refining and natural gas processing catalysts.

You have skills/experience in equipment sizing and simulation softwares (ProII, Hysys, etc.).

A high level of English is essential for this positi