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
Company Description
www.optimachem.com