Chemical Process Engineer

Position Title: Chemical Process Engineer

Reports to: Project Development Manager

Education and Experience
: A bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and 0-5+ years of relevant experience, OR a Master’s or Doctor’s in Chemical Engineering and 3 years or more of relevant experience.

• Experience in applied process development/process engineering and implementation for both batch and continuous processes.
• Process scale-up experience going from, the lab, kilo lab and pilot plant to plant scale.
• A sound understanding of fundamental economics relating to process design and project implementation, the ability to conduct economic analyses on new technologies.
• Good communication skills, with coworkers, subordinates and customers.
• A broad knowledge of Process Safety Management, process safety, CPI practices and standards, and regulatory compliance.
• MS, MBA, PhD, PE nice but optional

Main functions:

Work with process development, production, lab, sales & marketing, and safety groups to safely startup and establish new products and to reduce costs for existing product (yield/process improvements).

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Evaluations (new & existing processes)
• Interfaces with external and internal customers on new processes
• Translating Technology Transfer Packages into potential processes at Optima
• Develop costing of new processes and evaluate profitability
• Developing draft BFDs, and mass & energy balances
• Evaluating Optima’s process capability and unit operation deficiencies for a new process
• Generate specifications for raw materials and in-process samples
• Generate PMNs