Senior Geochemist

Eden GeoPower Inc.; Somerville (MA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job description

The Senior Geochemist will work primarily in a team-based laboratory environment investigating geochemical processes occurring during water/rock reactions in rock fracture networks. The reaction networks will have direct relevance to the mining, geothermal, geologic H2, and CO2 sequestration industries. The individual will lead the geochemistry design and execution of our laboratory and field-scale investigations, and collaborate with other geochemists, rock-mechanics and pulse-power engineers on rock fracturing and reactivity projects for geologic carbon storage, geologic H2 production and in-situ mineral recovery from geologic formations. The Senior Geochemist will be involved with the general R&D efforts of the Company, and will also assist in preparing and/or leading proposals and grants for US and international private and public funding opportunities.

The Senior Geochemist will assume many of the following responsibilities, depending upon prior experience:

1. Take an active role in the design and execution of laboratory investigations optimizing geochemical processes related to CO2 sequestration, geological H2, and mineral extraction;
2. Investigation of complex electro-chemical reactions under reservoir conditions;
3. Development and execution of field-scale geochemical sampling programs;
4. Collection and analysis of geochemical samples from reactors, core-flood experiments and field sites;
5. Analysis and interpretation of large, multivariate geochemical datasets pertaining to geothermal and mining environments;
6. Investigation of the effects of mineral dissolution and precipitation on reservoir permeability and porosity at HPHT conditions;
7. Prepare and present project updates, technical presentations and reports for team-members, clients, industry, and academic partners;
8. Prepare governmental reports, funding proposals, research papers, presentations, etc.;
9. Organization of project meetings and documentation of procedures, data and inventions.

The Senior Geochemist will have the minimum qualifications:

1. PhD in geochemistry/geoscience/geological engineering or related field;
2. Minimum 4 years of geochemical laboratory experience;
3. Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to make technically sound recommendations with incomplete information;
4. Prior preparation of successful proposals, publications or patents;
5. Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams.

The following qualifications are preferred:

1. 4+ years field experience in oil & gas, geothermal, hydrogen, CO2 and/or mining applications of geochemical data;
2. Prior experience working with a scientific team and/or providing mentorship;
3. Research experience in fluid-fluid, fluid-mineral and fluid-rock interactions;
4. Experience as a principal or co-principal investigator for external project funding;
5. Aqueous geochemical analyses (e.g. IC, ICP-OES, ICP-MS), gas chemistry analyses (e.g. GC, GC-MS) and field chemical analysis with handheld sensors and instruments;
6. Rock characterization such as fracture imaging (XCT), chemical imaging, mineral microanalyses (e.g., EPMA, LA-ICP-MS, Raman spectroscopy), whole-rock (e.g., XRD, ICP-OES-60 and WDXRF), and microscopy (e.g., FE-SEM, cathodoluminescence, reflected-light microscopy, and transmitted-light microscopy);
7. Design and set-up of water/rock reaction experiments, including at high pressure and temperature and extraction of reacted fluids and gases;
8. Design and set-up of core-flooding experiments, including at high pressure and temperature and extraction of reacted fluids and gases;
9. Experience with HPHT triaxial cells conducting reactive transport tests, core flooding, or permeability investigations;
10. Experience with geochemical- and/or reactive transport modeling;
11. Development and execution of field-scale sampling programs such as sampling well fluids for aqueous geochemical species and dissolved gas analyses;
12. Research experience in mafic and ultramafic petrology and ore petrogenesis;
13. Experience in electro-chemistry;
14. Familiarity with experimental design, setup fabrication and troubleshooting;
15. Experience with sensors, electronic data acquisition- and control, and data logging systems;
16. Experience with CO2 sequestration and mineralization applications, in-situ mining, and/or geological H2;
17. Familiarity with Lab Safety and EHS protocols;
18. Good/Advanced programming skills in Matlab/Python/R. LabView and C++ are a bonus.

Benefits include:

• Medical, dental, vision;
• Vacation – Eden observes Federal holidays, Thanksgiving holiday week, Christmas and New Year, and also provides 15 additional workdays per year (3-weeks) vacation time;
• Sick days, bereavement time;
• Bonuses based on the size/impact of contracts, patents, awards.