Research & Innovation Projects Associate

GEP is the leading company in occupational Health & Safety Industry in Greece, providing our services to more than 2,500 companies and 250,000 employees nationwide. Our vision is to make Health & Safety culture a pillar of prosperity and sustainable development for every organization, every employee, every person.

Through our participation in national and European research and innovation projects, we contribute to the development of advanced solutions in areas such as:

• Occupational Health & Safety, industrial safety and risk management
• Artificial Intelligence & digital technologies
• Sustainability and circular economy and Life Cycle Assessment
• Energy Emerging Technologies, Application and Management

Our R&I department is growing, and we are currently looking for a Research & Innovation Projects Associate to support the implementation and development of research and innovation projects.

Job Description

Working within international project consortia, the successful candidate working as part of teams or alone will contribute to the implementation of referenced topics, as well as to the preparation and submission of collaborative proposals, under various Financing Programs and Instruments. The role involves creative and supporting activities, analyses and studies, as well as contributing to project deliverables and to projects’ general coordination.

More specifically, the envisaged role refers to the following actions in collaboration and close communication with project partners:

• Scientific implementations related to occupational health & safety, process safety, hazard identification and risk assessment of innovative technologies.
• Technical support in the development and application of focused digital tools
• Preparation of technical deliverables, reports and project documentation.

Required qualification and experience

• University degree in Engineering
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken).
• Self-motivation, strong analytical and problem-solving initiative and skills; proven experience in preparation of technical reports and similar documentation.
• Capacity to work effectively in a competitive, multidisciplinary, and results‑oriented environment; ability to travel for project meetings and related.

 Desirable qualification

• Postgraduate degree in a relevant field.
• Experience in EU research and innovation projects (Horizon Europe etc.).
• Comfortable working with digital tools and technologies.

• Opportunity to work on European research and innovation projects in a dynamic and international working environment, collaborating with leading Academia and Industry European partners.
• A supportive and collaborative team environment within a growing R&D activity.
• Salary package according to qualifications and experience.
• Training & Development
• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Great Place to Work Certified Employer