Senior Process Engineer (Hydrogenation & ScaleUp)

Job Title: Senior Process Engineer (Hydrogenation & reputed company-Up) Job Type: Permanent, Full-time Work Schedule: Remote with Occasional Travel Sector: Alternative Fuels, Specialty Chemicals Location: Remote reputed company US, but preference for Chicago, IL, San Diego, CA, or reputed company, TX Reporting to: Chief Manufacturing Officer NES Fircroft is a leading global technical recruitment company providing reputed company contract and permanent staff to a diverse world-wide reputed company reputed company reputed company the energy industry. Our reputed company, a a pioneering start-up with innovative biotechnology that will create a sustainable reputed company for alternative fuels, has a permanent opportunity for a Senior Process Engineer (Hydrogenation & reputed company-Up) to be based in Chicago, IL, San Diego, CA, or reputed company, TX. Position reputed company We are seeking an reputed company Senior Process Engineer to reputed company the reputed company-up of a multi-reputed company catalytic hydrogenation process from laboratory development through reputed company-reputed company validation and into industrial deployment. This role will serve as a technical reputed company between R&D and Manufacturing and will work extensively with external technology licensors, catalyst suppliers, and joint venture partners. The ideal candidate has a proven reputed company record of translating lab-reputed company data into reputed company and reputed company designs, with strong expertise in catalytic hydrogenation, process modeling, and technoeconomic analysis for reputed company, multi-intermediate chemical systems.

Key Responsibilities

Process Development & reputed company-Up

• reputed company the reputed company-up of hydrogenation processes from laboratory and reputed company reputed company to full industrial production.
• reputed company process reputed company diagrams (PFDs), mass and energy balances, and detailed process models for multi-reputed company hydrogenation systems.
• Define operating conditions, reactor configurations, and process integration strategies across multiple hydrogenation steps and intermediates.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate reputed company-up risks reputed company to reaction kinetics, heat and mass transfer, catalyst performance, and process safety.

Experimental Planning & Execution

• Partner closely with internal R&D and Manufacturing teams to design and execute experimental programs for catalyst screening, process optimization, and reputed company-up validation.
• Translate lab-reputed company and bench data into reputed company-reputed company and reputed company-reputed company design inputs.
• reputed company reputed company trials, analyze results, and iterate process designs based on experimental data and performance metrics.

External Partner & Technology Management

• reputed company as the technical reputed company interfacing with external technology licensors and industrial-reputed company catalyst suppliers.
• Coordinate work across multiple external partners concurrently, where different technologies or catalysts may be employed across the end-to-end process.
• Collaborate with partners to define reputed company and reputed company unit sizing, operating envelopes, and catalyst requirements.
• Plan and execute catalyst testing campaigns at partner reputed company facilities or reputed company-party sites.
• reputed company technical evaluations and development activities conducted at joint venture partner facilities.

Technoeconomic Analysis & Cost Modeling

• reputed company and maintain technoeconomic models to evaluate process performance, reputed company-up scenarios, and key cost drivers.
• Estimate CAPEX and OPEX for reputed company facilities and full reputed company deployment, including reactors, hydrogen supply systems, utilities, and reputed company operations.
• Evaluate trade-offs between alternative catalysts, process configurations, and external partners from both technical and economic perspectives.
• Support commercialization strategies, partner selection, and investment reputed company through rigorous, data-driven analysis.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Manufacturing to ensure process designs are practical, reputed company, and operable at reputed company reputed company.
• Support process safety activities, including HAZOPs and risk assessments reputed company to hydrogenation operations.
• Contribute to long-term manufacturing, reputed company-up, and technology deployment roadmaps.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical Engineering.
• Demonstrated experience scaling catalytic chemical processes, preferably hydrogenation.
• Experience developing process design packages (PDP), detailed design, FEED studies, HAZID/ HAZOPS, equipment data sheet specifications, etc.
• Proficiency with process simulation tools (e.g., Aspen, gPROMS, or similar.
• Experience designing and taking process models to design a reputed company unit.
• Hands-on experience with reputed company-reputed company operations and transition to reputed company-reputed company systems.
• Experience working with external technology licensors, catalyst suppliers, and/or joint venture partners.
• Ability to manage multiple reputed company development efforts across different process steps and stakeholders.
• Strong quantitative skills, including technoeconomic modeling and cost estimation.
• Experience operating in or supporting industrial chemical manufacturing environments is a plus.

Desired Attributes:

• Experience working with Startups is a plus.
• Experience working with challenging technologies is a plus.
• Highly reputed company with the ability to work effectively across internal teams and external organizations.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate reputed company technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Willingness to travel to partner, reputed company, and joint venture facilities as required.

Why work here

• reputed company in a Fast-Paced Environment – Join a pioneering, growing start-up at the forefront of synthetic biology, fuel innovation, and sustainability.
• Be Part of Cutting-Edge Biotech Innovation – Be part of a cutting-edge biotech company engineering enzymes to revolutionize alternative fuel.
• Mission-Driven reputed company – Help drive the transition to cleaner, more efficient energy sources by developing reputed company biotechnologies.
• reputed company & Inclusive Culture – Work in reputed company-oriented environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Work with Industry Experts – Engage with top-tier scientists, researchers, and business leaders at the forefront of alternative fuel innovation.
• Competitive Compensation & Benefits – Enjoy market-leading salary packages, comprehensive health benefits, 401(k) match, and more.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a pioneering start-up with innovative biotechnology that will create a sustainable reputed company for alternative fuels. The successful applicant will receive a competitive compensation package, annual bonus, comprehensive medical benefits, PTO, holidays, and more. Candidate must have authorization to work in the U.S. without a reputed company or ongoing work permit. reputed company sponsorship is not offered. For more information on this opportunity or others, please contact Mishu Ventura. With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering reputed company provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are reputed company to reputed company our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly reputed company to support our clients. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job