Lead/Senior Process Engineer - Life Sciences

Jacobs; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs is looking for a Lead/Senior Process Engineer to coordinate and supervise process design projects in Dublin, Ireland. The role involves managing project teams and ensuring adherence to time, productivity, and quality standards.

The ideal candidate will have an Honours degree in Chemical Engineering and at least 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or medical device sectors. This position offers opportunities for flexible working arrangements and is part of a diverse and inclusive company culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in process design.
• Knowledge of cGMP requirements and ISPE Baselines.
• Willingness to work in a global team environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and supervise process design development.
• Lead project teams and manage technical performance.
• Ensure compliance with safety and operability standards.

Skills

Process design

Team leadership

Interpersonal sensitivity

Conflict management

Chemical Engineering

Education

Honours degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Office Software

Super Pro

Schedule Pro

PipeFlo

Flexsim

Job description

Lead/Senior Process Engineer

The Lead/Senior Process Engineer will coordinate and supervise the development of process design providing guidance and technical leadership throughout the project development, ensuring time, productivity and quality in accordance with specific design criteria and client requirements.

They will manage, lead and motivate project teams by means of technical competence, interpersonal sensitivity and conflict management skills.

Responsibilities

Process Design Basis

• Apply process design criteria, guidelines and contract requirements to process design work.
• Interact with licensors, establishing design basis and license or evaluation.
• Apply process design criteria and guidelines to all phases of process engineering.

Flow Diagrams

• Prepare flow diagrams and participate in flow diagram reviews.
• Understand the importance of the flow diagram as a communication tool to other disciplines.
• Prepare and review flow diagrams with complete information to correspond to the flow sequence, operability and safety of the unit/system.
• Answer questions confidently from other disciplines and clients regarding the function of each item on the flow sheet.
• Back check, update, and ensure consistency with related design documents such as specification sheets and other units.
• Prepare metallurgy flow diagrams.
• Prepare equipment datasheets.
• Prepare process and utility equipment specification sheets; may be responsible for design of a system or a complete unit.
• Understand the importance of the equipment specification sheet as a communication tool with other disciplines.
• Prepare equipment duty specifications for all equipment including complex equipment such as reactors.
• Prepare detailed design specification for all equipment.
• Review input from other disciplines for compatibility with process design for all equipment.

Control Philosophy

• Prepare instrumentation process data; assist in establishing control philosophy for relatively complex control systems to meet process objectives, including safety.
• Prepare control valves, process data, relief valve data, analyzer data.
• Interpret control philosophy of relatively complex control systems.
• Review control systems specification sheets for consistency with process data.
• Review logic diagrams for relatively simple loops.
• Evaluate alternative control strategies to meet process objectives.

Calculations

• Perform specifications/calculations and technical studies.
• Complete conceptual developments of a major system and perform all necessary calculations for process design of systems and equipment within the assigned area.
• Perform relatively complex technical studies under general supervision.
• Ensure that calculations are legible, well organized, correctly referenced as to equipment/system, dated and signed.

Equipment Selection/Review

• Review and approve equipment bid tabulations and vendor data.
• Expeditiously review equipment requests for quotes, purchase requests, bid tabulations and vendor data for conformance to specifications, process compatibility, safety and operability.
• Ensure consistency of vendor data with other design documents such as flow diagrams, area classifications drawings, utility summaries, etc.

Plant Safety/Operability

• Perform various process engineering work functions in a manner that will provide a safe and operable plant.
• Understand obligations and authority to make appropriate design decisions necessary for plant safety and operability.
• Identify potentially lethal/toxic substances and design the systems handling those substances in accordance with established Jacobs/Client procedures.
• Review the unit/plant layout for unsafe piping/equipment arrangement and for adequate access to critical valves.
• Assist in specification of any required safety systems (eye-washers, safety showers, gas detectors, etc).

Qualifications

• Honours degree in Chemical Engineering with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in the design of process systems in pharmaceutical, nutritional or medical device sectors.
• Knowledge of relevant cGMP requirements and ISPE Baselines.
• Software knowledge of Office; Super Pro, Schedule Pro, PipeFlo, Flexsim or other process engineering simulation software.
• Willingness to work in an international company and to share and capitalize expertise with other Jacobs offices.

As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

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