R&D Energy expert

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.

Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

CMA CGM Group has decided to structure and strengthen its R&D approach by creating a Center of Excellence dedicated to Innovation and Research. The center will increase the company’s capacity for technological and scientific innovation necessary to meet its strategic objectives (decarbonization, digitalization…), while generating profitability and ensure a high visibility on the Group’s commitment to industry’s energy transition. It will rely on strategic industrial and academic partners experts in the maritime industry (laboratories, companies, startups, shipyards, etc.).

YOUR ROLE:

You work in the R&D Assets division involved in several projects in collaboration with the Bunkering division as well as the energy investment fund of the CMA CGM group. As part of the R&D program for the energy transition, you are responsible for decarbonizing the energy supply of the group's assets, and reducing the CO2 emissions of its ships by 30%, 80% and 100% respectively in 2030, 2040 and 2050.
 

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ?

You are responsible for:

• Evaluating alternative processes to produce low-carbon fuels (biofuels, e-fuels), from the feedstock to the final fuel, while ensuring compatibility with the group's assets (ships, terminals, planes, trucks)
• Conducting life cycle analyses and techno-economic analyses associated with the solutions studied to ensure their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in real conditions and at an acceptable cost, while avoiding new collateral issues (water consumption, polluting emissions, etc.)
• Assessing the development potential of the low-carbon solutions identified for industrial scale-up
• Establishing R&D partnerships with various companies and academia aimed at developing solutions for the decarbonization of the group's energy supply
• Carrying out a monitoring and evaluation of new processes in partnership with the group's investment fund and incubators
• Participating in the maintenance of an up-to-date comparison of the processes listed to select the most relevant ones in partnership with the Bunkering division
• Participating in regulatory and normative monitoring in partnership with the Regulatory affairs
• Present the summary of work to the R&D, Bunkering and investment fund divisions.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR ?

Must-have requirements :

• Graduated from a MSc or PhD in chemistry, process engineering or thermodynamics
• Experience in fuel refining and alternative fuel production processes for biofuels and e-fuels
• Knowledge in life-cycle assessment and the main parameters impacting WtW emissions

Nice-to have requirements :

• Previous experience in Research & Development is highly valued
• Understanding of main regulations related to energy and emissions at European level (RED III, EU ETS, Fuel EU Maritime, ReFuel EU Aviation, CO2 standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles, AFIR, …) and at IMO level (IMO GHG Strategy, CII, EEXI, LCA guidelines, etc.)
• Electrolysis technologies and operating principles
• Environmental impacts related to access to renewable resources (biomass, biogenic CO2, etc.
• A basic understanding of combustion systems would be appreciated to allow exchange with fuel users.

Personal attributes :

• Rigorous and analytical, you have the ability to explain with simple words a complex issue
• Writing and presentation skills
• Autonomy, organization and capacity to progress on multiple files in parallel
• Teamwork and cross-functional communication with other teams in project organizations, ability to create network with industrial / R&D partners and expand it, fostering collaborations.

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !