• Function title: Sustainability Modeler and Impact Assessment Expert
• Reference: NOC-EG-2024-AD/791
• Location: Brétigny-sur-Orge – EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub (EIH)
• The selected candidate must reside either at this location or within a reasonable proximity that allows for the satisfactory execution of their duties – Information about living in Brétigny-sur-Orge
• Nature of competition: Internal and external competition
• Applicable regulations: Staff regulations governing officials of the EUROCONTROL Agency
• Type of post: Administrator
• Job level: AD6-AD9 – Check salary simulations for the basic grade
• Generic job title: Expert
• Number of posts: 2
• Duration of appointment: 5 Year(s) – extension or conversion of the contract is possible – see “Useful information” section
• Security clearance: Security vetting may be required in accordance with the relevant EUROCONTROL security policies
• Directorate/Service: EGSD/ASU – Aviation Sustainability
• Working arrangement: Hybrid work (A blend of onsite and remote work). Please note that EUROCONTROL does not offer full-time remote working arrangements.
• Competition publication date: 16/05/2024
• Competition closing date: 13/06/2024(23:59 Brussels time)
• Reserve list: Applicable – See details in the “Useful information” section

Your team

Within the The European Green Sky Directorate, “Aviation Sustainability” leads and manages the Agency’s activities towards the EU and its agencies, ICAO, States and other stakeholders in support to their environment, climate-change and related polities.

As the new Sustainability Modeler and Impact Assessment Expert, you will develop models, metrics, and applications to assess the environmental and climate impacts of aviation. This involves evaluating: Aircraft emissions, including CO2 and non-CO2 pollutants; Noise pollution from aircraft and drones; Local air quality in and around airports.

Your role

Your role will be to:

• Contribute to EUROCONTROL’s involvement in key research, innovation, and deployment projects with focus on aviation sustainability topics.
• Apply cutting-edge data science and optimisation techniques to develop, validate, and deploy new models and metrics for assessing aviation’s environmental impact.
• Analyse current and future environmental impacts of aviation using EUROCONTROL’s proprietary tools (IMPACT, Open-ALAQS, AEM, R-NEST, etc.), as well as other applicable methods and tools.
• Conduct comprehensive analyses and produce reports, technical documentation, scientific articles, and presentations. Create awareness materials to advocate for eco-friendly operational practices.
• Follow latest evolutions in field of data science including models, algorithms and tools, and share best practices within the internal community.
• Carry out any other task in line with the main purpose of the job.

Required qualifications, experience & competencies

• Completed university studies of at least 4 years in a relevant domain (e.g., Mathematics, Computing Science, etc.) followed by a minimum of 3 years of relevant working experience. PhD in a relevant domain would be an asset.
• Internal candidates can check on the intranet to see what level of in-house experience is considered equivalent to educational qualifications where appropriate.
• Strong knowledge in mathematics and statistics, including knowledge of distributions, statistical testing, regression, and forecasting.
• Strong knowledge in machine learning, particularly in areas such as structured data prediction, computer vision, and natural language processing.
• Programming skills at least in Python and SQL; database management, including creation and optimisation, with DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of optimisation algorithms.
• As an asset:

o Knowledge of aviation and Air Traffic Management (ATM).
o Knowledge in aviation emissions, noise, local air quality; aircraft performance.
o Knowledge in climate science, meteorology and/or chemistry.

• Analytical thinking: you analyse information and are able to identify relationships.
• Creativity and innovation: you apply new approaches.
• Communication: you are able to foster two-way communication.
• Quality focus: you deliver a consistent quality of work.
• Result focus: you seek to improve personal performance.
• Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment.
• Professional conduct in line with the corporate behaviours of the Agency, i.e. result-driven, readiness to change, customer focus, integrity and team-player approach.
• The working languages of the Agency are English and French. For this particular job, candidates must be proficient users of English at level C1/C2. The selected candidate will be required to become basic users at level A1/A2 of French before the end of the probation period.
  The levels relate to the European-framework-reference Common European Framework of References for languages (CEFR).

Useful information

• Applications will be accepted from nationals of EUROCONTROL Member States only.
• The selected candidate will be offered a contract of 5 Year (s) pursuant to the provisions of the Staff Regulations governing officials at EUROCONTROL. The contract may be renewed up to a maximum of 9 years or converted into an undetermined contract. Before being established in the post, the selected candidate will be requested to provide certified copies of their degrees and successfully serve a probationary period of 9 months.
• Internal candidates
  If selected, the person will keep their current type of appointment duration (undetermined or determined).
  The internal staff member with a determined contract will be offered, in principle, an appointment for 5 Year(s) with a maximum total duration of 9 years.
• The successful candidate shall be appointed at the grade set out in this vacancy notice, or if a group of grades has been published for a job level, in principle at the basic grade of the published job level.
• Candidates declared suitable who are not selected for the post will be placed on a reserve list for similar roles. The reserve list will be valid for one year from the closing date of applications.
• Information on salary and benefits can be found on our Careers site
• EUROCONTROL is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality and diversity. In the event of equal merit, preference may be given to the applicant from the under-represented diversity characteristics in order to complement diversity of teams and rebalance the workforce.
• Candidates should go to our Careers site and read the tips on how to apply.