Process Development Engineer

Sravathi Advance Process Technologies; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sravathi Advance Process Technologies in Bengaluru is seeking a Chemical Engineer to lead process technology development for specialty chemicals. You will generate data across lab, bench and pilot scales and apply process intensification to deliver scalable, safe routes.

The role requires strong unit operations knowledge, safety, risk assessment, and the ability to perform mass and energy balances, DOE studies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to scale up new processes.

Qualifications

• Graduate in Chemical Engineering with 3–4 years of work exposure.
• Postgraduate in Chemical Engineering preferred with relevant industry experience.
• Experience in chemical/API industry or specialty chemicals is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Strong orientation towards safety, data integrity, and compliance.
• Develop processes using process intensification principles.
• Generate experimental data at lab, bench and pilot scale; plan scale-up.
• Perform mass and energy balances for new processes.
• Conduct DOE and scenario analysis to support development.
• Coordinate with CFTs for requirements and ensure safe scaling.

Skills

Process development

DOE design

Scale-up

Mass & energy balance

Unit operations

Safety knowledge

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Chemical Engineering

Postgraduate in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Dynochem

Visimix

Minitab

Design Expert

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Strong orientation towards Safety (process, personal and lab), Data integrity, and compliance.
• Process technology development using process intensification principles
• Generation of experimental data at lab, bench and pilot scale
• Exploits a deep knowledge of chemical technology, chemical processes & processing to deliver differentiated process technology for a given product.
• Assessment of yield & quality of products working on and analyzing and planning for the process development
• Complete mass and energy balance for the process
• Conduct what if scenarios required for the process development using design tools like DOE.
• Performing experimentation in the lab scale and generating the data required for the scale up.
• Understanding the scale up requirements and plan accordingly Coordination with all the CFTs for any requirements
• Basic knowledge on process intensification and flow technologies
• Self-starter with the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new complex technical challenges.
• Works independently in supporting the implementation of new chemical processes using novel technologies
• Competent in all unit operations such as filtration, drying, crystallization, distillation etc. and unit processes.
• Understands the requirements and do all the specific calculation required and use process models to support, scale-up and sizing
• Prepares BFD, engineering package for any new product.
• Takes detailed account of the end-to-end solutions while devopling the process during lab and pilot trials
• Extensive knowledge of Basis of Safety across the whole process, including hazard identification, risk assessment of all performance aspects, and incident investigation.
• Conversant with best industry practices of scaling up of batch processes and unit operations.
• Able to manage multiple projects at the same time.
• Proficient in Dynochem, Visimix, DoE (minitab/Design expert) and other simulation softwares etc (Optional).
• Should undertake equipment mapping, process risk assessment, management of change prior to pilot trials

Preferred candidate profile

• Graduate (B.E./B. Tech/Equivalent) in Chemical Engineering (3-4yrs)
• Postgraduate in Chemical Engineering (2-3yrs)
• Experience in Chemical/API industry/ specialty, performance chemicals, CRO
• Especially in Process development, Process engineering, Scale up, Technical Services etc.
• Process Technology Development for specialty chemicals or key intermediates.