Senior Geochemist

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- geologicH2, andCO2sequestration 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 projectsfor geologic carbon storage, geologicH2production and in-situ mineral recovery from geologic formations. The Senior Geochemistwill 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:

Take an active role in the design and execution of laboratory investigations optimizing geochemical processes related to CO2sequestration, geological H2, and mineral extraction;

Investigation of complex electro-chemical reactions under reservoir conditions;

Development and execution of field-scale geochemical sampling programs;

Collection and analysis of geochemical samples from reactors, core-flood experiments and field sites;

Analysis and interpretation of large,multivariategeochemical datasets pertaining to geothermal and mining environments;

Investigation of the effects of mineral dissolution and precipitation on reservoir permeability and porosity at HPHT conditions;

Prepare and present project updates, technical presentations and reports for team-members, clients, industry, and academic partners;

Prepare governmental reports, funding proposals, research papers, presentations, etc.

Organization of project meetings and documentation of procedures, data and inventions.

Requirements

The Senior Geochemist will have the minimum qualifications:

PhD in geochemistry/geoscience/geological engineering or related field;

Minimum 4 years of geochemical laboratory experience;

Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to make technically sound recommendations with incomplete information;

Prior preparation of successful proposals, publications or patents;

Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams.

The following qualifications are preferred:

4+ years field experience in oil & gas, geothermal, hydrogen, CO2and/or mining applications of geochemical data

Prior experience working with a scientific team and/or providing mentorship

Research experience in fluid-fluid, fluid-mineral and fluid-rock interactions;

Experience as a principal or co-principal investigator for external project funding;

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;

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);

Design and set-up of water/rock reaction experiments, including at high pressure and temperature and extraction of reacted fluids and gases.

Design and set-up of core-flooding experiments, including at high pressure and temperature and extraction of reacted fluids and gases.

Experience with HPHT triaxial cells conducting reactive transport tests, core flooding, or permeability investigations.

Experience with geochemical-, and/or reactive transportmodeling;

Development and execution of field-scale sampling programs such as sampling well fluids for aqueous geochemical species and dissolved gas analyses;

Research experience in mafic and ultramafic petrology and ore petrogenesis;

Experience in electro-chemistry;

Familiarity with experimental design, setup fabrication and troubleshooting;

Experience with sensors, electronic data acquisition- and control, and data logging systems;

Experience with CO2sequestration and mineralization applications, in-situ mining, and/or geological H2;

Familiarity with Lab Safety and EHS protocols;

Good/Advanced programming skills in Matlab/Python/R. LabView and C++ are a bonus.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision

VacationEden observes Federal holidays, Thanksgiving holiday week,ChristmasandNew 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,

Qualification

Doctorate