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[Explanation of institution (recruitment background, institution details, explanation of project, etc.)]
We are seeking to recruit research scientist to work for Research and development of CO2 injection into methane hydrate reservoir .


[Job Title]
Research and development of CO2 injection into methane hydrate reservoir

[Job details (duties, subject responsible for, etc.)]
In the 'carbon neutral' natural gas production from methane hydrate reservoir combining carbon capture and storage technique, CO2 injection into methane hydrate reservoir is discussed after gas production period.
Process design using CO2 separation from emission gas via clathrate hydrates, hydraulic-geomechanical sediment property analysis (experiment and computional simulation) during CO2 injection are required.
We seek researchers with advanced knowledge and motivation in chemical engineering, process engineering and reservoir engineering.


[Address of work location and other information]
Energy Process Research Institute(AIST Tsukuba, AIST Hokkaido)(Ibaraki, Hokkaido)

[Available positions (Job title, number of positions, etc.)]
2 positions

[Starting date and Term of Employment]
Start of Employment:At any time
Term of Employment:Until March 31st, 2024 (May be extended until March 31st, 2028 if the project is extended. Employment term is decided in the selection process)

[Key words]
Carbon dioxide
Carbon neutral
Carbon cycle
Gas separation
CO2 storage

[For more details]
Please refer to our website for more detail on this position:
https://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/humanres/eneenv103e.html

[Details of required special expertise, qualification of the specific fields or degrees, etc.]

We seek applicants who has Ph.D. degree (Ph.D. candidates expected to earn a degree by the start date included) or equivalent skills and experience to conduct the ongoing R&D project.

For details, please visit the AIST website
https://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/humanres/type_c.html

[Details of salary, working hours, holiday, period of employment and insurance, accommodation, etc.]
Salary- Base monthly salary for new Ph.D. graduates aged 28 - JPY 290,300.
More to add if you have proven professional experience after Ph.D. The expected annual salary ranges from JPY 5,800k including bonus (before tax). Work responsibility allowance, overtime allowance and commuting allowance are separately provided in accordance with the Rules on Salary of Fixed-term employees.
Bonus:June and December

Work Hours - Standard work hours - 7h 45m per day (Break time is 1 h), 38h 45m per week.(Overtime Work: may be required to work outside the above normal working hours in some cases)

Days-off - Sundays, Saturdays, public holidays, New Year holidays (from December 29 to January 3).
Leave – Annual paid leave, Sick leave, Special leave (summer vacation, marriage, maternity, mourning).

Benefits - Enrolled with the mutual aid association of METI that provides Health insurance, Pension, Employment Insurance, Workers'Compensation.

Others - Smoking-space outside the building as a passive smoking prevention policy

[Application method (Application documents/ Submission methods of Postal mail, e-mail, Web application (including description for using JREC-IN Portal "Web application" function) etc./ Where to send documents such as address, e-mail address, etc.)]

For details, please visit AIST official website and download an application form (MS-WORD).
https://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/humanres/application_procedure.html

Notes:
(1) An application document should be submitted via JREC-IN, no postal mail or e-mail attachment is acceptable.
(2) Advance registration is required from the following webpage.
https://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/humanres/open_recruitment/index.html
(3) Applicants should follow the instruction described at AIST website when completing the application form. Please be aware that AIST will not accept any application that does not meet the submission requirements.

[Selection Process]
(1)Document Review and aptitude test will be conducted in each research department. Only successful candidates will be notified of the result.
(2) First-stage interview will be scheduled approximately within a month from application.The result will be sent via email to all candidates as soon as possible.
(3)Final-stage interview will be scheduled approximately within a month from the first-stage interview.

*In principle, interviews will be held online for a while.

[Contact]
Personnel Office, Human Resource Division
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
E-mail: M-aist-koubo23-ml@aist.go.jp
Fax: +81-29-862-6049

"Research Scientist" corresponds to job type "Professor Level", "Associate Professor/Lecturer (full-time) level", "Assistant Professor level" and "Researcher/ Postdoc level" in this job posting.

3/30/2023
[Revision]
Before revision)
-Salary:
Base monthly salary for new Ph.D. graduates aged 28 - JPY 302,600.
After revision)
-Salary:
Base monthly salary for new Ph.D. graduates aged 28 - JPY 290,300.