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Process Design Engineer
Newark, DE 19711 US
Job Description
- Develop process concepts and cost analyses for chemical synthetic routes/manufacturing processes.
- Passion to bridging the gap between lab scale and production scale.
- Creativity to envision full scale challenges and possibilities from a lab experiment.
- Creativity to generate a theoretical plant setup (process sketches, plant capacity estimates, equipment list etc.) to produce a reaction step based on lab SOP and a mass balance to generate an initial CAPEX project estimate. Incorporate existing internal and external manufacturing assets when possible.
- Scientific curiosity: Interest in new technologies and analyze how/if these could be used at production scale.
- Develop basic to detailed equipment design data, define operating conditions and critical limits for the commercial process through scale-up and modeling of unit operations.
- Effectively document and transfer technology and know-how for the design, construction, and operation of commercial facilities.
- Strong experience in Process Safety management (PSM), HoC, ISD.
- Minimum BS Degree Chemical Engineering; M.S. / Ph.D. preferred
- Minimum 5-10 years R&D/process development experience in pharmaceutical, agricultural, fine or specialty chemicals industry required.
- Manufacturing or scale-up experience required.
- Expertise in separations and reaction technologies.
- Expertise in cost models and process simulator modeling (ASPEN+, others).
- Experience in CAPEX projects in the chemical process industry.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively communicate technical and non-technical information with global internal and external partners required.
- Sharing nature, willing to help a colleague shine. Challenging and respectful towards colleagues in R&D. Become a person that colleagues want to discuss their project with.
- Expertise in process safety management, reactive/thermal hazards evaluation and regulatory ideal.
- Flexible work schedules to accommodate different geographies required.
- Travel may be required (less than 10%).
Meet Your Recruiter
Kalah Ward
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