Process Engineer

Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbH; Hull and East Yorkshire; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Mitsubishi Chemical Group is seeking a capable Process Engineer to provide process engineering and technical support across the engineering team, including process safety and improvement tasks. The role involves managing small to medium plant modification projects and day-to-day troubleshooting for production and operation streams.

This is a Fixed Term position for 2 years, with responsibilities spanning safety leadership, scope development, design, installation, commissioning and documentation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience in a similar role within the petrochemical / chemical process industries.
• Experience of multi-column distillation and reaction unit operations is desirable
• Leadership of capital investment projects of £50K or higher.

Responsibilities

• Communicate and demonstrate commitment to best HSE practices.
• Use external and internal process safety guidance.
• Provide process engineering support and leadership throughout the scope development, detailed design, installation and commissioning phases of modifications and projects.
• Use problem solving techniques
• Communicate and work with other departments to develop the detail design and to complete design specifications.
• Use project management techniques and NGUK procedures to ensure all projects are installed in line with HSE and engineering standards and good practice.
• Responsible for managing the capital spend as part of good project management techniques
• Complete documentation in support of process plant operation, project commissioning and related operator training.
• Provide process engineering knowledge for site COMAH and IPPC legislative requirements.
• Where required liaise with global Mitsubishi Chemical manufacturing facilities to share information and developments.
• Responsible for updating P&ID's and any process engineering documentation.
• Provide process engineering support for process plant shutdown in terms of planning, scope development and execution support.
• Identify suitable best practices for adoption by Mitsubishi and support implementation where necessary.
• Take an active role in the development and implementation of organisational & technical department specific key performance indicators (KPI's).
• Provide technical resource as required for problem resolution during un-planned manufacturing interruptions.
• Support continued process development through continuous improvement activities

Job description

The plant holds top tier COMAH status and incorporates multiple different processes including distillation, reaction, drying and solids handling. The process engineering team is small in comparison to the plant so there are opportunities to work on a wide variety of processes.

You will be responsible for providing process engineering and technical support to the wider engineering team, including process safety and process improvement tasks.

You will be responsible for managing and/or supporting small to medium sized plant modification projects.

You will support the production and operation steams in day-to-day troubleshooting

This is a Fixed Term position for 2 years.

Main/Key Responsibilities

• Communicate and demonstrate commitment to best HSE practices.
• Use external and internal process safety guidance.
• Provide process engineering support and leadership throughout the scope development, detailed design, installation and commissioning phases of modifications and projects.
• Use problem solving techniques
• Communicate and work with other departments to develop the detail design and to complete design specifications.
• Use project management techniques and NGUK procedures to ensure all projects are installed in line with HSE and engineering standards and good practice.
• Responsible for managing the capital spend as part of good project management techniques
• Complete documentation in support of process plant operation, project commissioning and related operator training.
• Provide process engineering knowledge for site COMAH and IPPC legislative requirements.
• Where required liaise with global Mitsubishi Chemical manufacturing facilities to share information and developments.
• Responsible for updating P&ID's and any process engineering documentation.
• Provide process engineering support for process plant shutdown in terms of planning, scope development and execution support.
• Identify suitable best practices for adoption by Mitsubishi and support implementation where necessary.
• Take an active role in the development and implementation of organisational & technical department specific key performance indicators (KPI's).
• Provide technical resource as required for problem resolution during un-planned manufacturing interruptions.
• Support continued process development through continuous improvement activities

Work Related Experience

• Minimum 3 years experience in a similar role within the petrochemical / chemical process industries.
• Experience of multi-column distillation and reaction unit operations is desirable
• Leadership of capital investment projects of £50K or higher.