Research Scientist or Senior Scientist, Value-driven Sustainable Construction

Are you interested in Sustainable Construction and smart built environment, and looking for a new job opportunity in the field? Would you like to develop innovative technology with superb colleagues who are top experts in their field? Do you want to build an excellent science career and work at the interface of academy and industry? VTT might be just the place for you. 

VTT is one of the leading applied research organisations in Europe. What unites us are curiosity, a passion for learning, and a purpose: to solve the biggest challenges of our time and turn them into sustainable growth and well-being. Our cross-disciplinary community of over 2000 brilliant minds focuses on creating impact through science-based innovation. Get to know us further by exploring VTT's tech & infra.

We are now looking for a Research Scientist or Senior Scientist to join our Value-driven Sustainable Construction -team!

With us, you can enhance your skills in cutting-edge AI applications for the construction metaverse. As a Research Scientist or Senior Scientist, you will join top-level research, collaborate with industry leaders, and play an essential role in national and international RDI projects, fostering innovation with our team and engaging closely with the real estate and construction sector partners. As we are looking for either a Research Scientist or a Senior Scientist to join us, we encourage talents from different seniority levels to apply for this position!

Our Value-driven Sustainable Construction research team comprises 10 experts advancing sustainability and circularity in the built environment with business opportunities. The team is part of the Smart Energy and Built Environment research area, researching and creating methods and digital solutions for sustainable building construction and renovation processes. 

Your responsibilities as a Research Scientist or Senior Scientist:

• Identifying project opportunities and preparing funding applications for research projects with your colleagues
• Working within projects of different types (e.g., EU, Business Finland and customer projects)
• Interacting and collaborating with potential and existing customers
• Conducting research and development activities to create solutions for Sustainable Construction and smart built environment, disseminating the learnings
• Writing reports and deliverables, and conducting other research-related tasks.

Who we are looking for:

• You are willing to create a career in science and technology in the built environment.
• Preferably, you have knowledge and experience in building technologies, construction or real-estate/facilities management, or data management related to the built environment; your experience can be either from companies or academic research.
• You have knowledge or experience in project preparation, or willingness to learn it.
• You have basic technical understanding of ICT technologies in construction (e.g. BIM software, open data standards, interoperability, etc), and we appreciate related programming skills.
• You speak English fluently; Finnish is highly appreciated and we highly encourage learning Finnish (we offer Finnish language training for international VTTers to support adaptation to the VTT working community and Finland)
• You are happy to interact with customers and other stakeholders in the field.

As a person, we hope that you are:

• Good team worker and willing to take leadership of projects
• A fast learner who is capable of working in a flexible and independent manner, and collaborating with colleagues across different fields of science and technology
• Interest in business development; you are sales-oriented, and you like to collaborate with customers and partners
• We appreciate results-orientation, curiosity, passion as well as the ability to take the long-term perspective and find beyond-the-obvious solutions.

What we offer you:

• Visionary work in technology. We offer positions at the cutting-edge of technology and engineering from next-generation microelectronics and quantum technology to automation and robotics, energy systems and more. Our research agenda is dedicated to creating sustainable growth by solving systemic and technological challenges, so your work will go towards creating real, positive impact. Read more about our strategy – the path of exponential hope.
• Fascinating projects, excellent research environment. Our researchers get to work on a combination of cutting-edge academic research and applied customer projects, both locally and internationally. At VTT, you’ll have state-of-the-art research facilities at your disposal, such as VTT FutureHub, the headquarters of VTT.  
• Great career opportunities, superb colleagues. At VTT, excellence in research is a strategic priority. We offer long-term positions and stable career paths in top-level research. People tend to stay with us for over 10 years since there are always new roles and responsibilities to grow into. Collaborating in a cross-disciplinary community with superb colleagues is a source of learning, inspiration, and fun. Read more about our organisational culture as the builder of the world's most meaningful place to work.
• Support for your well-being. Our people are our main asset, so we take good care of them. We aim to nurture great team spirit and leadership and offer versatile well-being services to enable a good work-life balance. On top of 6 weeks of paid holidays, we offer exercise and culture benefits, hobby clubs, and voluntary well-being services such as meditation programmes and trainings on cognitive ergonomics.

Apply now and join our community of brilliant minds!

Please send your CV and application with your salary request via our recruitment system as soon as possible but at the latest by 26 February 2024. We will process applications as they come in, and fill in the position as soon as we find the right candidate.  

Interested and want to know more?

Research Team Leader Rita Lavikka, Rita.Lavikka@vtt.fi, tel. +358 50 384 1662 on Tuesday 6 February at 13:00 - 14:00 or Tuesday 20 February at 13:00 - 14:00 (Finnish time UTC+2).

We look forward to hearing from you!

Location: Espoo or Tampere, Finland (Oulu is negotiable)

Apply between 1 February 2024 and 26 February 2024 23:59 (Europe/Helsinki)

Employment type: Full-time, Permanent

VTT

VTT is a visionary research, development and innovation partner. We drive sustainable growth and tackle the biggest global challenges of our time and turn them into growth opportunities. We go beyond the obvious to help the society and companies to grow through technological innovations. We have 80 years of experience of top-level research and science-based results. VTT is at the sweet spot where innovation and business come together.

VTT – beyond the obvious.