Hands-on Process Engineer – Gas Fermentation & Pilot Plant

Phase Biolabs; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Phase Biolabs in Nottingham is seeking a process engineer to help scale and operate our continuous gas fermentation process. You will be in a hands-on role, designing, building, testing, and optimizing systems while learning how they best operate.

We value ownership, curiosity, and clear communication as you work with a multidisciplinary team on mass and energy balances, nutrient and gas delivery strategies, and ethanol recovery integration.

Qualifications

• A degree in chemical or process engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 3+ years working on real process equipment at lab, pilot or plant scale.
• Familiar with mass and energy balances and instrumentation.
• Experience with fermentation or gas-liquid processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Help design, build and operate continuous fermentation systems
• Run continuous campaigns and turn the data into process improvements
• Design and operate auxiliary systems
• Integrate ethanol recovery by distillation with the fermentation
• Help refine the mass and energy balances that underpin our pilot plant design
• Work closely with our fermentation team on nutrient and gas delivery strategy
• Proactively troubleshoot, maintain, and get stuck into whatever else the process needs

Skills

Hands-on engineering

Data-driven

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelors in chemical or process engineering

Equivalent hands-on experience

Tools

P&IDs

Instrumentation

Distillation

Gas handling

Job description

Phase Biolabs in Nottingham is seeking a process engineer to help scale and operate our continuous gas fermentation process. You will be in a hands-on role, designing, building, testing, and optimizing systems while learning how they best operate.

We value ownership, curiosity, and clear communication as you work with a multidisciplinary team on mass and energy balances, nutrient and gas delivery strategies, and ethanol recovery integration.