Principal Process Development Engineer

Provide technical expertise on plant operation, troubleshooting and fundamental design philosophy to ensure safe and efficient commissioning of new, full-scale manufacturing plant and equipment. The application of process modelling tools to characterize and optimize plant performance. Independently lead process development activities to manufacture fluorinated compounds, including the hands-on laboratory and pilot set up and execution of research and development studies, and scale-up of such to full manufacturing scale.

• Critical assessment of alternative manufacturing options (technical and economic) to ensure the optimum route is selected.
• Provide Vision & Direction
• Leadership and delivery of Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality requirements associated with process development. Maintain and promote a safe working environment.
• Provide process development and technical expertise input into the project management process.
• Conceptualize, design, build and operate lab and pilot scale equipment. Combine a strong interest and understanding of chemical engineering fundamentals with a lightweight approach to advancing ideas through production.
• Become a recognized company expert in all aspects of process engineering, with specific knowledge of fluorination processes. Develop a network with other engineers and operations to encourage interactions.
• Design, build, operation and scale-up of pilot equipment to demonstrate proof of concept and generate mass and energy balance.

• Specific knowledge of fluorochemistry would be desirable.
• Capability and flexibility to advance multiple projects simultaneously.
• Application of engineering fundamentals, process modelling and experimental tools to develop flowsheets to safely and economically produce fluorinated materials of interest at scale.
• Critical techno-economic assessment of process options and communication of the preferred approach to obtain stakeholder support.
• The ability to thrive in fuzzy front-end projects by providing clarity for the development pathway, develop relationships across groups, application of internal and external resource to complete tasks, generate and interpret high quality data, and to clearly communicate direction and results to stakeholders.
• Process modelling expertise including Aspen Plus.
• Application of operational experience to support the safe and efficient commissioning of new, full-scale manufacturing plant and equipment. Use of modelling tools, combined with a detailed understanding of underlying engineering principles, to characterize and optimize plant performance.
• Desirable: MEng or PhD in Chemical Engineering.
• Process safety management including HAZOP, SIL, LOPA would be desirable.
• Minimum: BEng in Chemical Engineering.
• Chartered Chemical Engineer with at least 10 years’ experience including full scale, high hazard, plant design and process optimization.
• MATLAB and Python programming would be desirable.
• Broad command of Chemical Engineering fundamentals including Separations design, Reaction Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer, Thermodynamics and Process Control.