Hands-On Chemical Process Engineer: Own Your Process

Cindavi; Roanoke (VA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Two weeks vacation

Five sick days per year

Safe harbor 401(k) with 3% company non

Competitive bonus target 5–10%

Job summary

Cindavi is hiring for a hands-on Process Engineer role. You will own an assigned chemical process end-to-end, handling technical work, plant execution, materials, and customer reporting on a fully on-site schedule.

Ideal candidates bring a BS in Chemical Engineering and up to 5 years of related experience, with a strong math background and ability to collaborate across operators, maintenance, and production. Competitive salary and benefits await.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Recent graduates with internship or co-op experience are strongly encouraged to apply and are considered on equal footing.
• 0 to 5 years of process engineering, process development, or manufacturing experience.
• Solid applied engineering fundamentals: mass and energy balances, unit operations, and basic process economics. You should be genuinely comfortable with the math.
• The communication skills to work with an operator in the plant one hour and a customer VP the next.
• A self-starter who takes instruction well, asks questions when something is unclear, and does not need daily management to move work forward.
• Dedication and reliability. This is a small team where one person carrying their weight is visible, and so is the opposite.
• Willingness to be on call nights and weekends for your assigned process.
• Experience in batch processing is especially relevant here and tends to shorten the ramp. Exposure to scale-up, technology transfer, Process Safety Management, and process cost analysis is highly valued. An MS, MBA, PhD, or PE is welcome and not required.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of an assigned process, including batch tracking, work instructions, day-to-day execution, and making sure the raw materials are purchased and on hand.
• Translate customer technology transfer packages into processes that run at plant scale, working through lab, kilo lab, and pilot plant stages.
• Partner with operators, maintenance, and production personnel on the plant floor to troubleshoot live process issues and make procedures usable where the work happens.
• Develop draft block flow diagrams, mass and energy balances, and specifications for raw materials and in-process samples.
• Build cost models for new processes and evaluate profitability before they reach the floor.
• Support Process Safety Management activities, process hazard reviews, CPI practices, and regulatory work including PMN submissions.
• Communicate directly with internal teams and external customers, from operators on the floor to customer leadership.

Skills

Mass and energy balances

Unit operations

Process economics

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Problem solving

On-call readiness

Education

B.S. in Chemical Engineering

MS/MBA/PhD/PE welcome

Job description

Cindavi is hiring for a hands-on Process Engineer role. You will own an assigned chemical process end-to-end, handling technical work, plant execution, materials, and customer reporting on a fully on-site schedule.

Ideal candidates bring a BS in Chemical Engineering and up to 5 years of related experience, with a strong math background and ability to collaborate across operators, maintenance, and production. Competitive salary and benefits await.