Process Engineer

Job Description

• Support the design, development, scale-up, and implementation of chemical manufacturing processes from laboratory scale through pilot plant and commercial production.
• Assist with the preparation and review of process engineering deliverables, including process flow diagrams, P&IDs, mass balances, energy balances, heat transfer calculations, fluid-flow calculations, equipment-sizing calculations, utility demand estimates, process-control narratives, and operating envelopes.
• Support the design and modification of chemical manufacturing facilities, process skids, reaction systems, mixing systems, filtration systems, material-transfer systems, storage tanks, utility systems, and related infrastructure.
• Apply established engineering standards, company procedures, and regulatory requirements to process and equipment design activities under the direction of senior engineering personnel.
• Assist with evaluations related to pressure relief, process venting, secondary containment, flammable vapors, hazardous-material handling, and other process safety considerations.
• Support the selection, specification, and evaluation of process equipment, including reactors, vessels, tanks, pumps, heat exchangers, condensers, filters, piping systems, instrumentation, control valves, relief devices, and utility equipment.
• Prepare and update equipment datasheets, technical specifications, scopes of work, vendor requirements, bid documentation, and other engineering documents for capital and process-improvement projects.
• Support capital project execution activities, including design reviews, vendor evaluations, contractor coordination, factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, equipment installation, commissioning, startup, and project closeout.
• Develop and execute experimental plans using basic engineering and statistical methods, including design of experiments, hypothesis testing, sampling plans, process capability studies, and process validation approaches.
• Collect, organize, and analyze process and manufacturing data to identify trends, sources of variation, operating limitations, and opportunities for improvement.
• Apply statistical process control and process-performance monitoring techniques to support improvements in yield, quality, manufacturing consistency, and process capability.
• Analyze data using tools such as Excel, Minitab, JMP, Python, SQL, Tableau, or equivalent analytical platforms.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on throughput, cycle time, yield, quality, safety, cost, reliability, waste reduction, and process capability.
• Collaborate with R&D, Operations, Quality, EH&S, Maintenance, Automation, Supply Chain, and external vendors to support technology transfer and manufacturability of new and existing products.
• Assist with the development of process automation and control requirements, including instrumentation selection, control descriptions, PLC or DCS interface requirements, alarm requirements, process monitoring, and data-historian needs.
• Participate in process risk assessments, design reviews, process hazard analyses, management-of-change reviews, commissioning reviews, and pre-startup safety reviews.
• Perform other duties and support global engineering initiatives as required.
• Support development and operation of pilot lines and beaker level experimental work under minimal guidance from managers and senior engineers.

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, or related discipline required; master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in chemical process development, scale-up, or manufacturing.
• Has knowledge of engineering documentation, including PFDs, P&IDs, Plant 3D models, equipment specifications, control narratives, operating procedures, commissioning plans, and technical reports.
• Experience with specialty chemicals, electronic chemicals, advanced materials, batch chemical processing, reaction systems, or complex formulated products is preferred. Demonstrated expertise in reaction chemistry and complex process troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated experience with process calculations, including mass balances, energy balances, heat transfer,…