Lead Process Engineer

Dillon Engineering Services; Dublin; On-site; EUR 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dillon Engineering Services is seeking a Lead Process Engineer for a pharmaceutical engineering project in Dublin. The role requires technical leadership across the design lifecycle, with strong experience in pharma processes, design basis, PFDs, equipment specs, and safety considerations.

Applicants should have 5+ years in a Senior/Lead role within pharma, and demonstrate capability to engage with vendors, multidisciplines, and clients to deliver compliant process solutions in a regulated

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a Senior or Lead Process Engineer role.
• Strong pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Proven delivery of process engineering and design within pharmaceutical projects.
• Experience with process design basis, PFDs, equipment specifications and technical documentation.
• Experience with process calculations, technical studies and equipment selection.
• Knowledge of control philosophy, instrumentation data and process safety.
• Experience reviewing vendor documentation, RFQs and equipment specifications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply process design criteria, guidelines and project requirements across all phases of process engineering.
• Develop process design basis and provide technical input throughout project development.
• Interface with licensors for design basis and evaluations.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the project.
• Prepare and review Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) and ensure they reflect operability and safety requirements.
• Prepare metallurgy flow diagrams and ensure consistency with design documents.
• Prepare process and utility equipment specification sheets and equipment duty specs.
• Support the design of complete systems and complex equipment such as reactors.
• Develop instrumentation data and support control philosophies for complex systems.
• Perform process calculations, technical studies and conceptual development of major systems.

Skills

Leadership

Process design

PFDs

Equipment specifications

Control philosophy

Instrumentation data

Process calculations

Technical studies

Vendor documentation

RFQs

Multidisciplinary interfaces

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Lead Process Engineer to join a pharmaceutical engineering project in Dublin.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership and guidance across the process engineering design lifecycle, from process design basis development through to detailed design, equipment selection and plant safety/operability.

This role requires strong pharmaceutical process engineering experience and is specifically suited to candidates who have worked in the pharmaceutical industry in a Senior or Lead Process Engineering capacity.

Candidates without pharmaceutical industry experience will not be considered.

Key Responsibilities

Process Design & Engineering

• Develop and apply process design criteria, guidelines and project requirements across all phases of process engineering.
• Develop process design basis and provide technical input throughout project development.
• Interface with licensors where required, including establishing design basis and technical evaluations.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the project.

Flow Diagrams

• Prepare and review Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) and participate in design reviews.
• Ensure flow diagrams accurately represent process sequence, operability and safety requirements.
• Act as a key technical point of contact for multidisciplinary and client queries relating to process flows.
• Ensure consistency between flow diagrams and associated design documentation.
• Prepare and review metallurgy flow diagrams.

Equipment Specifications

• Prepare process and utility equipment specification sheets.
• Develop equipment duty specifications, including complex equipment such as reactors.
• Review multidisciplinary inputs to ensure compatibility with process design requirements.
• Support the design of complete systems or units where required.

Control Philosophy & Instrumentation

• Prepare instrumentation process data, including control valve, relief valve and analyser data.
• Support the development of control philosophies for complex control systems, ensuring process objectives and safety requirements are met.
• Review control system specification sheets and logic diagrams.
• Evaluate alternative control strategies to achieve process objectives.

Calculations & Technical Studies

• Perform process calculations, specifications and technical studies.
• Complete conceptual development of major systems and carry out the necessary calculations for process design.
• Undertake complex technical studies and engineering evaluations.
• Ensure engineering calculations are accurate, well organised and fully documented.
• Review and approve equipment bid tabulations and vendor data.
• Review RFQs, purchase requests and vendor documentation for compliance with process specifications, safety and operability requirements.
• Ensure vendor information remains consistent with flow diagrams, utility summaries, area classification drawings and other design documentation.

Plant Safety & Operability

• Ensure process engineering activities result in a safe, reliable and operable pharmaceutical plant design.
• Apply sound engineering judgement when making decisions relating to plant safety and operability.
• Identify potentially toxic or hazardous substances and ensure systems handling these materials are appropriately designed.
• Review plant layouts for safe piping and equipment arrangements and adequate access to critical valves.
• Support the specification of required safety systems, including eyewash stations, safety showers and gas detection systems.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience specifically in a Senior or Lead Process Engineer role.
• Strong pharmaceutical industry experience is essential.
• Proven experience delivering process engineering and process design within pharmaceutical projects.
• Strong experience with process design basis, PFDs, equipment specifications and technical documentation.
• Proven experience with process calculations, technical studies and equipment selection.
• Experience with control philosophy, instrumentation process data and process safety.
• Experience reviewing vendor documentation, RFQs and equipment specifications.
• Strong understanding of plant safety, operability and multidisciplinary engineering interfaces.
• Ability to provide technical leadership and confidently engage with other engineering disciplines, vendors and project stakeholders.

Only candidates with a valid work visa for Ireland or an EU passport will be considered.