R&D-Process-Project Engineer, 3 years of exp. in R&D metallurgy

I am looking for a position in Process development or as a Process/Field engineer in Qatar.

January 2007-October 2009
R & D Engineer in pyrometallurgy at Eramet Research, R & D centre of the mining and metallurgical group Eramet (4300 M€ of turnover).

Project leader for a pilot campaign on the metallurgy of ferro-nickel in a 800kW smelter:
6 weeks campaign, 20 technicians in 4x8h shifts, 450t of ore consumed, budget 1.4 M€.
* Technical expertise on the design of the electric furnace, dedicated to the campaign, and peripherals (ore & power feeding, cooling, taping, etc.)
* General contractor for part of the equipment, road work follow-up
* Development of the test schedule, force build-up
* Continuous follow-up of the campaign, stand-by on call for process problems, decision making, team management
* Processing of the data, knowledge capitalization

Thermal and metallurgical studies on ferro-nickel smelting furnaces - Missions in SLN (Société Le Nickel, Eramet Group, New Caledonia)
* Process data analysis, creation of explanatory / predictive models.

Modeling of the ferro-manganese refining in converter MOR.
* Industrial measurement campaign & trials, group plants benchmarking : identification of the best practices for the refined product quality.
* Building of a physical model for Porsgrunn plant (Norway), not encoded.

Design basis of a pilot furnace: thermo-electric modelling of a 600kW electric furnace.
* Programming (ANSYS) of a thermal model to estimate the freeze lining interface of a slag bath in an electric furnace.
* Sizing of a pilot furnace: furnace geometry, materials, validation of air and water cooling, determination of the power

2006-6 months
Research Project, Cranfield University (UK)
Development of a technique to build a regular array of microfibers by dielectrophoresis to manufacture a piezoelectric composite material.

2005-3 months
Engineer internship, Total Petrochemicals Research Feluy (Belgique)
Development of a new elastomer for the adhesive industry, prior to marketing.

EDUCATION
2005-2006 MS in Microsystems & Nanotechnology, Cranfield Univ. (UK )
2003-2006 Ecole des Mines de Nancy, equivalent to MS, major in material
2001-2003 Preparatory class (Advanced Mathematics & physics courses) prior to competitive engineering French schools examination – Fenelon (Paris) & Lakanal (Sceaux, 92)

FOREIGN LANGUAGES, IT, OTHER INTEREST
Languages French : mother tongue - English : fluent - Spanish / Japanese : Basic knowledge - Arabic : Beginner
IT skills Pack Office, ANSYS, COMSOL; VBA, Bases in Java, C++.
Sports Football, rugby, volleyball, tennis, squash, golf.
Interests Travelling, painting, science, geopolitics and economics.