SENIOR PROCESS SPECIALIST TO TREETOTEXTILE, MÖLNDAL

Join our talented team in the effort of creating a more sustainable fiber for the global textile market. 

Welcome onboard on an exciting journey developing BETTER FIBERS TO ALL. The purpose of the company TreeToTextile is to develop and industrialize a new innovative cellulosic fiber technology that will provide textile fibers with good sustainability performance at an attractive cost-level: A gamechanger for the textile industry. Our novel technology uses renewable forest raw material and regenerates the cellulose into a textile fiber. 

We are a growing company now building up a new team within R&D and are looking for you as Senior Process Specialist. Join our great team in the effort of creating a more sustainable fiber for the global textile market! 

This is a full-time permanent position located at the new R&D Center of TreeToTextile in GoCo Health Innovation City in Mölndal, close to Gothenburg. 

Responsibilities 

• Responsible for the strategy and the technology development within R&D area: Process development  

• Innovate and project lead the specific R&D area towards new innovation and patents 

• Identify and develop external collaborations to support the R&D area.  

• Contribute to an internal cross-functional team 

Your Profile 

• PhD in chemistry/inorganic chemistry, chemical engineering, process engineering, or related fields 

• You have comprehensive knowledge about processes for pulping, wet-spinning of cellulosic fibers, regenerated fiber properties, cellulose chemistry and production processes 

• You have worked with implementation and scaling up from lab, process design, process modeling/analysis, mass balance calculations, and know the simulations tools

• You have worked with applied research in a global context, with a senior researcher role with strategic focus and used to collaborate internally and externally

• You have broad experience in R&D work and enjoy working between theory and practice  

As a person, you: 

• Have strong collaboration skills to work effectively in a global matrix organization 

• Are purpose-driven

• Have a structured and transparent mindset 

• Have ability to take initiative to address issues and proactively find solutions 

• Good interpersonal skills – able to work in a multifunctional team environment 

• Good communication skills – written and oral

• You are enthusiastic about sustainability aspects both in your work and private life   

Want to know more? 

We are collaborating with QRIOS Life Science & Engineering regarding this recruitment. Please contact recruitment consultant Helen Farman at helen.farman@qrios.se or call +46 720 70 85 68 if you want to learn more about the position. We are looking forward to hearing from you! 

The selection is ongoing, so be sure to send in your application today! 

About the company 

Tree to Textile™ is a Swedish-based game changer within the textile fiber industry with an important mission to develop Better fibers to all. Supported by our strong owners H&M Group, Inter IKEA Group, Stora Enso and LSCS Invest, we develop and commercialize a new innovative cellulose-based fiber-technology, to provide a versatile fiber with a low environmental impact at a low production cost. 

www.treetotextile.com