Researcher - Elemental (Analytical Technology)

**The Role**:
As Shell is embarking on a historical transformation towards net-zero emission future, Projects and Technology (P&T) and Analytical Technology within are facing greater than ever expansion of technologies, materials and knowledge to drive and support this energy transition. The Analytical Technology organization is well on its way transforming from a service organization to a true technology delivery partner for our main (Shell) customers in the past few years.

**Where you fit**

**What’s the role?**

The Researcher in the Elemental team will be a technical expert in the global Elemental team who will be responsible for providing advanced technical solutions for elemental ensuring that innovative solutions are implemented to provide reliable, fast and cost-effective analytical measurements leveraging a variety of analytical techniques.

The Researcher will serve as an important resource in the department, not only in lab operations, problem-solving and lab safety, but also in guiding/mentoring less experienced staff in the global team.

Your further accountabilities are:

- Supporting the R&D technical service delivery in the global elemental team for analyzing a broad range of materials in new energies, downstream, and upstream.
- Provide technical expertise for the development, deployment and improvement of methods for elemental analysis as well leveraging other analytical techniques as needed.
- Technical responsibility for method development, gate keeping, evaluation, and implementation of new capability for inorganic elemental.
- Experience or interest in computational chemistry, digitalization and/or automation is a plus. Experience in other analytical techniques in addition to deep expertise in Elemental analysis is a plus.
- Manage multi-disciplinary global projects to ensure customers technical needs are met in timely and cost-effective manner.
- Collaborate with local and global Analytical colleagues on complex multi-disciplinary problem
- solving projects, and new project and R&D initiation and implementation.
- Design, develop, validate, deploy and maintain analytical instruments and methods as well as day-to-day hands-on work in the laboratory as well as supervision of laboratory staff performing testing, while paying close attention to safety and quality.
- Monitor analytical technology developments outside of Shell and identify innovations with the potential to create value for Shell and collaborate in the Global Skill Network.
- Mentor, train and guide less experienced staff in the inorganic elemental space.

**What we need from you**
- PhD or master’s degree in chemistry, physics, materials science, and related disciplines with more than 5 years industry experience is required.
- Experience in Atomic Spectroscopy (such as Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry, Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectroscopy and X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry) required.
- Broad knowledge of material science, such as catalyst materials, polymers and (bio)fuels is advantageous.
- Experienced in running a lab with technicians and associate researchers (supervision of lab work, safety, quality control, lab/equipment maintenance, training, continuing education, etc.).
- Significant experience in Analytical project and R&D development and deployment is required, including experience in supporting large-scale R&D projects working across organizations.
- A high technical curiosity, learner mindset and ability to work across natural teams without organizational authority is essential for the job.
- Strong interpersonal skills that can easily transport deep technical discussions to business impact is highly valued.
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**An innovative place to work**

There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell. Everyone here is helping solve one of the biggest challenges facing the world today: bringing the benefits of energy to everyone on the planet, whilst managing the risks of climate change.

Join us and you’ll add your talent and imagination to a business with the power to shape the future - whether by investing in renewables, exploring new ways to store energy or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently.

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- We’re closing the gender gap - whether that’s through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior