Chemical Process Engineer
Cindavi
Augusta, GA0–5 yrs58m agovia LinkedIn
About the Role
Cindavi is a specialty chemical manufacturer in Douglas, Georgia, seeking Chemical Process Engineers to join a small, tight-knit engineering team. This is a hands-on role with ownership from the start, responsible for an assigned process from technology transfer through full plant production. The role is fully on-site, Monday through Friday, with on-call responsibility.
Key Responsibilities
- Take ownership of an assigned process, including batch tracking, work instructions, day-to-day execution, and ensuring raw material availability.
- Translate customer technology transfer packages into plant-scale processes, working through lab, kilo lab, and pilot plant stages.
- Partner with operators, maintenance, and production personnel to troubleshoot live process issues and create usable procedures.
- 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 leadership.
- Self-starter who takes instruction well, asks questions, and moves work forward independently.
- Dedication and reliability.
- Willingness to be on call nights and weekends for your assigned process.
Experience in batch processing, scale-up, technology transfer, Process Safety Management, and process cost analysis is highly valued.
An MS, MBA, PhD, or PE is welcome but not required.
Qualifications
- Recent graduates with internship or co-op experience are strongly encouraged to apply.