Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITNS), an initiative of the Commission of the European Communities, provide training and research experiences for researchers at the beginning of their careers by giving them the opportunity to spend up to three years in another country as part of an international, high-quality research project.
These training networks contribute to knowledge transfer through the promotion of multidisciplinary research and the interaction of researchers on all levels working within the project. The ENERGY-SMARTOPS Marie Curie FP7 ITN project has the aim to generate and test creative ideas for energy savings in large scale industrial sites. The research focus is on integrated control and operation of processes, rotating machinery and electrical equipment to achieve energy savings.
The current vacancy
We are seeking an Early Stage Researcher (ESR) to work in ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni in the ENERGY-SMARTOPS ITN.
The tasks of the post will be to explore research ideas and concepts in the area of production planning and scheduling optimization. The successful candidate will also work on case studies with the employing partner and with other consortium partners.
This 3-year mobility program will provide eligible ESRs with in-depth-training at a host Consortium organization (i.e. ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni) as well as a period of secondment to another Consortium partner. Additional short-term visits to partner facilities will provide the recruited person with network-wide training including interdisciplinary and intersectional transfer of knowledge and new techniques.
Attached your CV and complete the application form post in www.acciaiterni.it/energysmartops
ESR requirement: The hired person must be an Early Stage Researcher (ESR). Early-stage researchers are those who are, at the time of selection by the host institution, in the first four (full-time equivalent) of their research careers. This is measured from the date when they obtained the degree which formally entitles them to embark on a doctorate, either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the research training is provided, irrespective of whether or not a doctorate was envisaged.
Example B: a researcher obtained her PhD after 3 ½ years. She is not eligible as an ESR within the ITN even though she has less than 4 years of research experience.
Example C: a person obtained a first degree in engineering 2005 and has since then been working as a software developer in a bank. He is eligible to be recruited as an ESR in 2011 because he has had no prior research experience.
At the time of selection by the host organisation, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to their recruitment. Short stays, such as holidays, are not taken into account. As far as international European interest organisations or international organizations are concerned, this rule does not apply to the hosting of eligible researchers, however the appointed researcher must not have spent more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the selection by the host organisation in the same appointing organisation.
Example E: a French researcher has moved to Germany for the first time and has carried out research there for the last six months. He can be appointed within an ITN team in Germany.
Example F: a German researcher has spent 11 months in Germany just prior to his appointment. Before that period he’s been working in the UK for 3 years. Thus, he can be appointed in an ITN team in Germany.
