Principle Researcher

**Role description**:
**Job Description**:
1.Produce research outputs that enhance iron making processes by increasing their productivity and reducing their CO2 footprint while reducing costs.
2.Perform experiments and computations that can be developed into process simulation and control models for iron making processes (blast furnace and alternate routes as well)
3.Co-ordinate with various agencies (plant operations, maintenance teams as well as technology group) and perform plant scale trials to generate substantial research output.
4.Develop laboratories and pilot scale experimental facilities.

**Skills**:
Skill
Fulfill the long-term aspirations/ strategies of blast furnace ironmaking
Grow lab scale technologies from lab sale to pilot and industrial levels
Analyze and solve problems related to ironmaking using a thorough research approach focused on experiments/mathematical models.
Develop and regularize unique solutions to existing challenges in blast furnace ironmaking.
Identify work done and shortcomings in existing approaches, generate new ideas, perform experiments/develop new models.

Primary skill:
Blast furnace(and auxiliaries) ironmaking process knowledge, proficiency in doing high temperature experiments and plant trials in blast furnace areas.
Secondary skill:
Physical model experiments.

**Other details**:
Minimum Education:
B.Tech./B.E. and M.Tech./M.S./M.E./Ph.D.
Branch:Chemical, Mechanical, Metallurgy, Energy, Production, Environment
**Experience**:
1. Experience of 3 - 11 years in blast furnace and/or alternate ironmaking.
2. Detailed understanding of heat and mass balance, slag thermodynamics, pyrometallurgical experiments pertinent to ironmaking areas.
3. Good working knowledge of Python and Microsoft Excel.