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23 Feb 2023

Job Information

Organisation/Company
Instituto Politécnico de Santarém
Department
ESAS
Research Field
Environmental science » Other
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Application Deadline
Country
Portugal
Type of Contract
Temporary
Job Status
Full-time
Hours Per Week
35
Offer Starting Date
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by a EU programme
Reference Number
BI_Bioma_01/2023
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

1 (one) research fellowship (BI) for Master is open at the Instituto Politécnico de Santarém – Escola Superior Agrária, to support the Project BIOma - Soluções integradas de BIOeconomia para a Mobilização da cadeia Agroalimentar, POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046112 financed by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), in Environmental Engineering or related with the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Environmental Engineering or related

Work plan:

 Scale-up of the composting process in pilot plants; Monitoring and characterization of composted products; Report elaboration. Specifically:

- Collection of samples of organic waste in companies;

- Analytical methods for the characterization of composted products;

- Implementation of control methods applicable to the production of compost and products resulting from from composting;

- Effectiveness tests; - Statistical analysis of data;

- Image processing using Image ImageJ software;

- Production of interim reports and deliverables, indicating critical points and potential changes to the process and potential changes to the process.

The grant will start in March 2023 and end on 30 June 2023. May be renewed until the end of the project, if it is extended.

Where to apply

E-mail
cd@esa.ipsantarem.pt

Requirements

Research Field
Environmental science » Other
Education Level
Master Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications

Be qualified with a Master's degree in Environmental Engineering or related and

Degree in Environmental Engineering. Have proven experience of participation in R&D projects.

Have a valid driving license for class B light vehicles. To be enrolled in a master's degree, integrated master's degree or PhD course or in non-degree courses integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution. Candidates who have obtained the degree abroad must have the degree recognized in Portugal, under the terms of Decree-Law n.9 66/2018, of 16th August.

 

Specific Requirements

As preferential factors:

- Proven experience in the area of Environmental Engineering;

- Proven experience in composting processes;

- Proven experience in the area of environmental technologies, physicochemical and microbiological analysis methods in composted materials or products;

- General knowledge of legislation in force applied to composts;

- Experience in the elaboration of analytical bulletins;

- Competence to perform statistical treatment of data;

- Competence for the production of technical and scientific reports;

- Sense of responsibility, ability to organise work, dynamism, ease of interpersonal relationships for team work, ability to move around the country and work in different agro-industrial environments;

- Autonomous use of the English language in speaking and writing.

Languages
ENGLISH
Level
Good

Additional Information

Benefits

MONTHLY ALLOWANCE AND SOCIAL SECURITY:

- The fellowship amount corresponds to € 1144,74 (eight hundred and thirty-five euros and ninety-eight cents), according to FCT Regulation for Research Fellowships, published by Regulation no. 950/2019 in the Diário da República, 2nd series, no. 241, of 16th of December, and available in the link:       https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores.phtml.pt .

It will be paid monthly by bank transfer;

- The candidate to be hired may exercise his right to social insurance by joining the voluntary social insurance scheme, under the terms of the Statute of the Research Fellowship. The financing entities assume the costs resulting from the contributions provided for this Social Insurance, according to the Statute of the Research Fellowship.

Eligibility criteria

- Law no. 40/2004, of August 18, amended by Decree-Law No. 202/2012, of August 27, by Decree-Law No. 233/2012, of October 29, by Law No. 12/2013, of January 29, by Decree-Law No. 89/2013, of July 9, and by Decree-Law No. 123/2019, of August 28 (Research Fellowship Holder Statute);

- FCT Regulation for Research Fellowships, published by Regulation no. 950/2019 in the Diário da República, 2 series, no. 241, of 16 of December, and available in the link:

https://dre.pt/application/conteudo/127238533

Selection process

Selection methods: 

In the first phase, curricular evaluation will be carried out and the selection of

candidates admitted to the competition based on their compliance with the admission requirements. The candidates admitted to the competition will be ordered according to the degree of experience in the requirements and preferential factors for admission. If necessary, an interview will be held for the candidates in the top three

candidates in the first three places of the list. In this case, the percentage weighting of the methods used in the selection will be: Curriculum evaluation = 50%; Interview = 50%. The candidate who occupies the first place in the candidates' ranking list will be selected.

 

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Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO SANTARÉM
Country
Portugal
State/Province
Santarém
City
Santarém
Postal Code
2001-904
Street
Quinta do Galinheiro

Contact

State/Province
Santarem
City
Santarém
Website
Street
Complexo Andaluz
Postal Code
2001-904
E-Mail
cd@esa.ipsantarem.pt

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