Industrial Chemical Engineer in Ellesmere Port

Chemical Process Engineer / Process Development Engineer – R&D to Production

Please make an application promptly if you are a good match for this role due to high levels of interest.

Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Working Hours: Days, with some shift cover required during plant trials
Contract: Permanent, full-time

The Opportunity

Are you a Chemical Engineer with experience in process development, scale-up or industrial manufacturing?
Are you interested in taking new and developing processes from laboratory and pilot-scale trials through to full-scale industrial production?
We are recruiting on behalf of our client, a specialist manufacturing business, for a Chemical Process Engineer to play a key role in developing, scaling up and industrialising new manufacturing processes at its Ellesmere Port facility.
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the interface between Research & Development and Production, translating technical developments into safe, reliable and commercially viable manufacturing processes.
You will be involved in process development, pilot plant trials, production scale-up, commissioning and continuous improvement, working closely with R&D, Production, Engineering and Quality teams.
With significant investment in new process capacity and the development of a 24/7 manufacturing operation, this position offers the opportunity to influence the introduction and optimisation of specialist industrial processes.
The Role

Reporting to the R&D Director – Manufacturing, you will take responsibility for progressing new and improved processes from research and development through to full-scale production.

You will ensure processes are properly designed, trialled, optimised and transferred into manufacturing, delivering safe, reliable and efficient production performance.

Key responsibilities will include:

Leading and supporting the scale-up of chemical and metallurgical processes from laboratory and pilot plant trials into full-scale production.
Working with specialist processes including molten salt electrolysis, reduction and alloying operations.
Developing process designs, mass and energy balances, Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) and operating parameters.
Planning, coordinating and conducting plant trials, analysing results and recommending process improvements.
Translating trial findings and technical developments into standard operating procedures (SOPs) and manufacturing instructions.
Working closely with Production, Engineering and Quality teams to commission new equipment and successfully transfer processes into operational manufacturing.
Identifying opportunities to improve production yield, product quality, energy efficiency and manufacturing costs.
Leading or supporting HAZOP studies, process risk assessments and Management of Change (MOC) activities. xgikmsk
Providing technical support and training to production operators and supervisors when introducing new or modified processes.
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