Our client is a leading provider of sustainable biorefining solutions, specializing in soil nutrition, animal nutrition, human nutrition, ethanol, and biogas. They are looking to recruit a Process Engineer who will be responsible for technology selection, process design, equipment sizing, and process integration for industrial projects. The successful candidate must be fluent in English.
Key Responsibilities :
Technology Selection & Process Engineering :
- Lead the evaluation and selection of process technologies, ensuring alignment with operational and business objectives.
- Develop mass and energy balances, process flow diagrams (PFDs), and piping & instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) for new and modified processes.
- Define process control strategies in collaboration with the process controls and automation teams.
- Ensure that process designs comply with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and internal guidelines.
Equipment Sizing & Supplier Management :
Specify and size key process equipment (heat exchangers, reactors, distillation columns, separators, pumps, etc.).Work closely with technical suppliers, reviewing proposals, ensuring compliance with process requirements, and supporting procurement decisions.Conduct technical due diligence on new technologies, benchmarking performance and reliability.Process Control Support :
Provide process expertise to the Process Control and Automation team, developing process descriptions and functional design specifications (FDS), and supporting control and alarm rationalisation activities.Project Engineering & Construction Support :
Provide technical oversight during project execution, supporting construction teams with process-related queries and ensuring alignment with the design intent.Collaborate with project delivery and site teams to ensure smooth installation, integration, and commissioning of new process systems.Support HAZOP, risk assessments, and safety studies for new process installations.Commissioning & Start-Up Support :
Participate in pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up activities, ensuring process systems perform as designed.Develop and execute process validation plans, ensuring that plant performance aligns with technical KPIs from business cases.Troubleshoot process deviations and optimize start-up procedures to achieve stable operation quickly.Training & Handover to Operations :
Prepare detailed process documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and training materials for new process systems.Train operators and maintenance teams on new technologies, process controls, and operational best practices.Operational Excellence :
Identify operational deficiencies and improvement opportunities through data analysis, process audits, and direct interaction with production teams.Develop and implement solutions to address inefficiencies, reduce bottlenecks, enhance process stability, and improve overall performance.Collaborate with the Operational Excellence team to integrate best practices and drive continuous improvement across all process systems.Monitor process performance, analysing key metrics and KPIs to identify areas for enhancement, ensuring that operational issues are proactively addressed.Contribute to the development of standardized procedures for ongoing process improvement, ensuring consistency in operations across the organization.Manufacturing Technical Support :
Provide ongoing technical support to production teams to ensure long-term process stability.Receiving and managing Change Requests from manufacturing, either initiating a project.Qualifications :
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in chemical engineering, process engineering, brewing, food & beverage processing, biotechnology, or a related field.3+ years of experience in process engineering, industrial technology, or project execution in the biorefinery, food & beverage, chemicals, or related industries.Proficiency in process simulation tools (e.g., Aspen Plus, MATLAB) and statistical analysis software (e.g., Minitab, Python, Seeq).Experience in commissioning, start-up, and validation for industrial projects.Knowledge of process standards & regulations (e.g., ASME, GMP, PED, ATEX, etc.).Lean manufacturing and Six-Sigma qualifications are desirable.