Casual LCA & Process Modelling Researcher

University of Queensland; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Queensland is seeking a Research Officer to develop food process models and undertake consequential life cycle assessment for sorghum foods such as flour, porridge and baked products. You will work in a collaborative environment with a focus on quantitative analysis and model validation.

The role requires experience with SuperPro Designer and SimaPro, strong data management, and the ability to communicate complex findings to researchers and industry collaborators.

Qualifications

• Degree in agriculture, chemical, biochemical, food process or environmental engineering or related quantitative discipline.
• Experience with process modelling software including mass and energy balances.
• Experience with LCA software such as SimaPro and consequential modelling.
• Ability to assess system boundaries, co-product treatment, scale, yield and uncertainty.
• Strong data management and analytical skills with reproducible calculations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and adapt process models in SuperPro Designer including mass and energy balances, resource requirements, product recovery, losses and co‑products.
• Develop consequential LCA scenarios in SimaPro considering system boundaries, supply, substitution and co-product effects.
• Assess literature, supplier and project data, validate model outputs, and document key assumptions and uncertainties.
• Analyse and communicate findings through sensitivity analysis, technical summaries and research outputs, and provide process inputs to the techno-economic assessment team.

Skills

Process modelling

Life cycle assessment

SimaPro

SuperPro Designer

R language

Python

MATLAB

Data management

Education

Relevant degree

Tools

SuperPro Designer

SimaPro

Job description

University of Queensland is seeking a Research Officer to develop food process models and undertake consequential life cycle assessment for sorghum foods such as flour, porridge and baked products. You will work in a collaborative environment with a focus on quantitative analysis and model validation.

The role requires experience with SuperPro Designer and SimaPro, strong data management, and the ability to communicate complex findings to researchers and industry collaborators.