Internship – Consultant Engineer in Life Cycle Assessment – Moxy Project
6-month internship
WeLOOP is hiring
WeLOOP is a consultancy firm based in the Hauts-de-France region, specialising in the assessment, understanding, and improvement of the environmental, social, and economic performance of products, services, and processes. WeLOOP supports stakeholders at both national and European levels to define their strategy, develop their action plan, and implement Life Cycle Management and Circular Economy practices within their organisation.
WeLOOP has a team of 18 employees. The company is growing and developing rapidly. Apprentices are an integral part of the organisation, and their ideas and opinions are welcomed and considered during discussions. The company's flexibility and its focus on initiatives enable added value to be brought to proposals.
The internship offer
Start: ASAP
Duration : 6 months
Education : Bac+3/+4 in scientific master's or engineering school with a specialisation in environmental studies
Location: Lambersart, France
Internship compensation : 1000 euros per month (gross)
Application deadline : No later than Monday, 30 October 2023
Topics : Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Art Restoration, Chemistry, European Project
Context: As part of the European Moxy project with numerous international partners (including art conservators and museums), the environmental, social, and economic sustainability of an innovative device, used for cultural heritage conservation, is being assessed.
Cultural heritage objects, such as statues and works of art, that are contaminated by organic materials (e.g., due to pollution, fires, or acts of vandalism) need to be cleaned, while traditional cleaning methods using organic solvents can damage the artwork and be toxic to the art conservator. The innovative technology developed within the framework of the Moxy project is based on the creation of atomic oxygen, which interacts with the organic contaminant.
An initial analysis of the environmental hotspots has been carried out, and the environmental performance of the device will be compared to other cleaning strategies through a life cycle assessment, which will be the main activity of the internship candidate.
Proposed tasks
You will be involved in assisting with the completion of :
- Formulation of scenarios for alternative cleaning strategies for the preservation of artworks, in collaboration with project partners.
- Data collection from scientific and grey literature, as well as from project partners, on various cleaning strategies.
- Modelling of different cleaning strategies in an LCA software (SimaPro).
- Comparison of the environmental impacts of the different cleaning strategies.
- Interpretation of the results, conducting sensitivity analyses.
- Writing a report and contributing to a scientific article.
- Contribution à d’autres projets en cours et aux activités quotidiennes de WeLOOP.
Required skills :
- Proficiency in written and spoken English.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Excellent writing skills in both English and French.
- Team spirit, strong interpersonal skills, autonomy, attention to detail, and a proactive approach.
- Specialisation in environmental sustainability and basic knowledge of thermodynamics.
To apply
- Send your CV and cover letter to info@weloop.org
- Application deadline: no later than Monday, 30 October 2023