Chemical Process Engineer

About the Role

• This is a hands-on role with real responsibility from the start, taking customer processes from technology transfer all the way through full plant production.
• You will own an assigned process end to end: the technical work, the plant execution, the materials that keep it running, and the reporting that goes back to the customer.
• Expect your week to break into roughly thirds: meetings, reports, and spreadsheets for customers; building work instructions and moving your process forward; and out in the plant with operators.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of an assigned process, including batch tracking, work instructions, day-to-day execution, and ensuring raw materials are purchased and on hand.
• Translate customer technology transfer packages into processes that run at plant scale, working through lab, kilo lab, and pilot plant stages.
• Partner with operators, maintenance, and production personnel to troubleshoot live process issues and make procedures usable.
• Develop draft block flow diagrams, mass and energy balances, and specifications for raw materials and in-process samples.
• Build cost models for new processes and evaluate profitability.
• Support Process Safety Management activities, process hazard reviews, CPI practices, and regulatory work including PMN submissions.
• Communicate directly with internal teams and external customers.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering.
• 0 to 5 years of process engineering, process development, or manufacturing experience.
• Solid applied engineering fundamentals: mass and energy balances, unit operations, and basic process economics.
• Communication skills to work with operators and customer VPs.
• A self-starter who takes instruction well, asks questions when something is unclear, and does not need daily management.
• Dedication and reliability.
• Willingness to be on call nights and weekends for your assigned process.
• Experience in batch processing is especially relevant.
• Exposure to scale-up, technology transfer, Process Safety Management, and process cost analysis is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Recent graduates with internship or co-op experience are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Genuinely comfortable with the math required for engineering fundamentals.
• An MS, MBA, PhD, or PE is welcome and not required.