Senior Process Engineer/ Process Engineer

Asahi Kasei Synthetic Rubber Singapore Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Asahi Kasei Synthetic Rubber Singapore Pte Ltd is seeking a Process Engineer to draft and implement process improvements, enhance safety and product quality, and reduce energy use within the plant.

You will coordinate trials with R&D and Operations, evaluate long-term process performance, participate in HAZOP and FMEA, oversee capital projects from concept to FEED, and drive Industry 4.0 productivity initiatives while ensuring compliance with ISO and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering.
• 3 years Petrochemical experience for non-senior; Senior: 5+ years in Petrochemical industries.
• Singapore Certified Energy Manager (SCEM) certification a plus.
• Familiarity with Safety Case Regime, IATF 16949, ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001, SS 651 and IEC 61511.
• Familiarity with Distributed Control System (DCS) and its logic/sequence modification.
• Able to multi-task and maintain broad responsibilities while delivering results.
• Strong interpersonal and analytical capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Draft and implement process improvements to enhance safety, product quality, energy use, productivity, and cost via MOC or non-regular systems.
• Coordinate new grade trials with R&D and Operations, manage trials and evaluations.
• Evaluate long-term process performance and key parameters to uncover risks to plant stability, safety or quality.
• Lead/participate in HAZOP, FMEA and Control plan studies for safety and quality.
• Oversee process-related capital expenditure projects from concept to FEED, guiding assigned projects.
• Study and implement Industry 4.0 technologies to boost productivity improvements.
• Collaborate with departments to maintain management systems (ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001, SS651, IATF16949, Safety Case Regime, Energy Management, ISCC+).

Skills

Multitasking

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

Main Responsibilities:

• Draft and implement Process Improvement idea with the objectives to improve process / occupational safety, improve product safety / quality, reduce energy consumption, improve production capacity / productivity, and reduce costs via Management of Change system and/or non-regular work system.

• Coordinate, arrange and plan new grade trial run with R&D and Operation team, and handle the trial run and the evaluation.

• Evaluate process performance and key process parameters from long term view and/or periodically to uncover potential risk that may leads to Plant instability, Safety or Quality issues.

• Participate actively in HAZOP, FMEA and Control plan studies as Process Engineering Function for safety and quality improvement.

• Oversee Process related capital expenditures project from conceptual design up to Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and lead the project assigned by (assistant) manager of department.

• Study and implement Industry 4.0 related technologies as part of Productivity Improvements Projects.

• Collaborates with other departments to maintain management systems such as ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001, SS651, IATF16949, Safety Case Regime, Energy Management System and ISCC plus as Process Engineering Function.

• Perform study as Process Engineering Function such as NRW, MOC and as per request from other departments.

Requirements:

• Bachelor / Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering.

• Preferably with 3 years of working experience in Petrochemical Industries. For Senior position, at least 5 year(s) working experience in Petrochemical Industries.

• Possession of a Singapore Certified Energy Manager (SCEM) certification will be advantageous.

• Familiarity with Safety Case Regime, IATF 16949, ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001, SS 651and IEC 61511 standards will be advantageous.

• Familiarity with Distributed Control System (DCS), in particular its logic and sequence modification is a plus.

• Able to multi-task and handle a wide spectrum of responsibilities effectively.

• Good interpersonal and strong analytical skills.