Casual Research Officer (Food Process Modelling and Consequential LCA)
The University of Queensland · Posted Nov 9, 2026
- Queensland, Australia
- A$64–A$69 per hour
Assist in developing food process models and conducting consequential life cycle assessment (LCA) for sorghum-based food products.
Compensation
Casual position with an hourly rate in the range of $64.28 to $68.96, plus superannuation of 12% (HEW Level 6).
Responsibilities
- Develop and adapt process models in SuperPro Designer, including mass and energy balances, resource requirements, product recovery, losses and co-products.
- Develop consequential LCA scenarios in SimaPro, considering system boundaries, supply, substitution and co-product effects.
- Assess literature, supplier and project data, validate model outputs, and document key assumptions and uncertainties.
- Analyse and communicate findings through sensitivity analysis, technical summaries and research outputs, and provide process inputs to the techno-economic assessment team.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or higher degree in agriculture
- Bachelor's or higher degree in chemical engineering
- Bachelor's or higher degree in biochemical engineering
- Bachelor's or higher degree in food process engineering
- Bachelor's or higher degree in environmental engineering