Casual Research Officer (Food Process Modelling and Consequential LCA)
University of Queensland · Posted Nov 9, 2026
- St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- On-site
- Contract
- A$64–A$69 per hour
Help assess the environmental impacts of emerging food pathways by developing food process models and undertaking consequential life cycle assessment (LCA).
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
- Relevant degree in agriculture, chemical, biochemical, food process or environmental engineering, or a related quantitative discipline
- Nice to have: R
- Nice to have: Python
- Nice to have: MATLAB