Veolia is a world leader in membrane separations, including Ion Exchange membranes for electrodialysis. This a R&D position for an IX Membrane Researcher for the Guelph, Ontario facility. This role is focused on driving R&D growth programs as the business focuses on direct membrane sales to leverage the capacity of our new IX manufacturing line. You will work with other R&D scientists to accelerate our membrane development to ensure our IX membranes are best-in-class in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
Primary Duties
- Perform membrane characterization testing to define the specific membrane characteristics, i.e. ionic resistance, mechanical properties, chemical resistance, and ion selectivity, etc.
- Prepare scale up chemicals and equipment for both pilot and production membrane line trials, gather data during trials
- Refine membrane formulations through Design of Experiment (DOE) testing routines on small scale samples, working up to pilot line trials
- Maintain records appropriate for protection of intellectual property
Secondary Duties
- Use lab scale electrodialysis equipment to test the membrane performance
- Contribute to troubleshooting field problems associated with ion exchange membranes
- Run analysis of field return samples to diagnose “health” of the membranes
- Support process engineer to make recommendations for replacement and/or system process changes
- Work with vendors to source and/or develop new membrane substrates and monomers
- Run field return analyses to understand membrane field performance and support application and sales engineers