Chemical Engineer Jobs

Position Title: Chemical Engineer

Reports to: Production Manager

Education and Experience: A bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and 5-10+ years of relevant experience, OR a Master’s or Doctor’s in Chemical Engineering and 3 years or more of relevant experience.

• Good communication skills, with coworkers, subordinates and customers.
• A broad knowledge of Process Safety Management, process safety, CPI practices and standards, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience in applied process development/process engineering and implementation for both batch and continuous processes.
• MS, MBA, PhD, PE nice but optional
• 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.

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:

• Assist Engineering with Instrument/Automation/Control and Interlock strategies
• Model, rent and test new equipment ( e.g. – filters, centrifuges, distillation equipment and reactors) for various Unit Operations
• Set high level safety interlock strategies and Management of Change (MOC) strategies
• Work with chemist on an ongoing basis to evaluate the practical technical aspects of their R&D work and provide guidance for most practical path(s) for safe scale-up for pilot
• Generate Optima’s Technology Transfer Package and transition new processes to Operations
• Model unit operations and generate PFDs and P&IDs for “cradle-to-grave” processes Scales-up transient unit operations in order to make products to the same specs as in the lab and pilot plant
• 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
• Interfaces with external and internal customers on new processes
• Develop Batch Sheets and Procedures (also campaign change-over)
• New & existing process chemistry and unit operations
• Develop costing of new processes and evaluate profitability
• Operator Training
  • Safety
  • New & existing process chemistry and unit operations
• Plant and commercial scale including cost, safety and workability considerations.
• Generate PMNs
• Developing draft BFDs, and mass & energy balances
• Generate Pre-startup documents and shepherd sign-offs
• Safety
• Inventory (raw materials & products) control projects
• Evaluating Optima’s process capability and unit operation deficiencies for a new process Generate specifications for raw materials and in-process samples
• Translating Technology Transfer Packages into potential processes at Optima
• Provide information to support air emissions submissions to regulatory (for Emission Master computer system).
• Conduct Hazard Reviews
• Labor reduction projects
• Scale-up and Design
  • Work with chemist on an ongoing basis to evaluate the practical technical aspects of their R&D work and provide guidance for most practical path(s) for safe scale-up for pilot
  • plant and commercial scale including cost, safety and workability considerations.
  • Model unit operations and generate PFDs and P&IDs for “cradle-to-grave” processes Scales-up transient unit operations in order to make products to the same specs as in the lab and pilot plant
  • Provide information to support air emissions submissions to regulatory (for Emission Master computer system).
  • Assist Engineering with Instrument/Automation/Control and Interlock strategies
  • Set high level safety interlock strategies and Management of Change (MOC) strategies
• New Process Equipment Testing
  • Model, rent and test new equipment ( e.g. – filters, centrifuges, distillation equipment and reactors) for various Unit Operations
• Plant Tests
  • Develop Batch Sheets and Procedures (also campaign change-over)
  • Conduct Hazard Reviews
  • Generate Pre-startup documents and shepherd sign-offs
  • Labor reduction projects
  • Inventory (raw materials & products) control projects
  • Generate Optima’s Technology Transfer Package and transition new processes to Operations

• Assisting Plant Engineering with Process Change Requests (PCR) and implementation
• Process improvements
• Troubleshooting
  • Process issues in the commercial plant(s)
  • Process improvements
  • Assisting Plant Engineering with Process Change Requests (PCR) and implementation
• Process issues in the commercial plant(s)
• Maintenance coordination

Physical Requirements and Work Environment:

• 25% Office time
• 5% Lab time – Safety glasses required, gloves if handling chemicals. Other PPE as needed.
• Ability to climb ladders and enter confined spaces
• No lifting requirements
• 70% Plant time – Hardhat, safety glasses, safety shoes required. Other PPE as needed.