Process Safety Engineer

Deccan Fine Chemicals; Turakapally; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Deccan Fine Chemicals is seeking a chemical engineering/chemistry specialist to work in laboratory settings with chemicals and reactions for safe scale-up. The role emphasizes lab work, data analysis, and process safety input in batch manufacturing environments.

Successful candidates will have a background in chemical engineering or chemistry and hands-on experience with hazard assessment, calorimetry, and process safety disciplines, contributing to early-stage development and plant-scale

Qualifications

• Experience in process safety, process development, scale-up in batch manufacturing.
• Experience in batch manufacturing industry (pharma/agro/chemicals).
• Educational background relevant to chemical engineering or chemistry.

Responsibilities

• Initiate chemical reaction hazards assessment for new chemical processes.
• Conduct experiments using calorimeters to produce quality data.
• Analyse and interpret the data generated for plant scale operations.
• Record, report and document the results from process hazard testing in reports.
• Guide the Process Development team in identifying hazards early in process development.
• Participate in Process Risk Assessment to identify critical scenarios for plant operation.
• Actively participate in the Incident investigation team for process incidents.
• Participate in PSM elements like Management of change for risks from chemical reactivity.

Skills

Fire & explosion hazards knowledge

Chemistry knowledge

Process safety

Data interpretation

Stakeholder communication

Education

B.Tech/M.Tech in Chemical Engineering

M.Sc in Physical/ Organic Chemistry

Tools

Mettler Toledo RC1

Differential Scanning Calorimeter

THT Accelerating Rate Calorimeter

Carius tube / Thermal screening unit

Job description

This role involves laboratory work and dealing with chemicals/ chemical reactions for safe scale up.

Educational Qualification and Experience

B. Tech/M. Tech in Chemical Engineering OR M.Sc Physical/ Organic chemistry with 3-5yrs of experience.

Chemical engineers who have preferably worked in Process safety,

Process development, scale-up in the batch manufacturing industry

Experience in batch manufacturing industry

(Pharmaceutical/agrochemical/chemical/specialty chemicals process industry)

Key responsibilities

• Initiate chemical reaction hazards assessment for new chemical processes
• Conduct experiments using calorimeters to produce quality data
• Analyse and interpret the data generated for plant scale operations
• Record, report and document the results from process hazard testing in the form of reports
• Guide the Process Development team in identifying the chemical reaction hazards at the very early stage of process development
• Actively participate in the Process Risk Assessment to identify critical scenarios for plant operation and guide the team to extrapolate process safety data to plant scale
• Active member in the Incident investigation team for process related incidents
• Actively participate in the PSM elements like Management of change for assessing the risks arising from chemical reactivity

Technical Competencies that you will develop

• Will have a sound knowledge of what constitutes fire & explosion and chemical reaction hazards
• Good understanding of chemistry, chemical reaction kinetics and engineering design for safe scale-up of chemical reactions and unit processes
• Hands on experience on the following process hazard assessment instruments (Mettler Toledo Reaction calorimeter RC1, Mettler Toledo Differential Scanning calorimeter, THT Accelerating Rate Calorimeter, Carius tube/ Thermal screening unit) and interpretation of data for safe scale-up
• Understands the key implications of process hazards data (e.g. risks of runaway reactions and thermal decomposition) during scale-up of chemical processes and any process changes that can introduce new risks
• Key contributor to the Process Risk Assessment group by taking part in the PRA sessions.
• Communication skills to influence the stakeholders on implementing the recommendations.
• Career development into other areas of process safety Risk assessment and PSM systems.