Hands-On Chemical Process Engineer - Scale-Up & Safety

Cindavi; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 105,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Performance bonus potential

Competitive salary

Job summary

Cindavi is seeking a Chemical Process Engineer to drive practical improvements on the plant floor at our Belle, West Virginia site. You will own batch tracking, troubleshoot live issues with operators, and support scale-up and new-product transfers to safe, reliable Operations execution.

The role emphasizes hands-on ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous learning in a safety-focused specialty chemical environment.

Qualifications

• BS in Chemical Engineering or related technical discipline; equivalent process-manufacturing experience considered.
• 3+ years of process engineering, process development, or manufacturing engineering in a production environment.
• Practical experience with batch and/or continuous processing and operations support.
• Exposure to Process Safety Management, PHAs, hazard reviews, or safety-critical operating practices.
• Ability to translate complex technical issues into clear action plans and procedures.
• Ownership mindset to prioritize plant needs and follow through to completion.

Responsibilities

• Own critical process and batch tracking, investigate anomalies, and drive improvements in safety, quality, yield, and throughput.
• Partner with operators on the plant floor to troubleshoot live process issues, develop practical solutions, and ensure procedures work where they matter.
• Support new-product introduction, scale-up, plant tests, and transfer of processes into safe, reliable Operations execution.
• Develop and improve batch sheets, operating procedures, specifications, PFDs, P&IDs, and mass and energy balances.
• Participate in PSM activities, process hazard reviews, pre-startup readiness, and safety-critical process support.
• Collaborate on controls, instrumentation, capital projects, equipment installations, vendor coordination, and operator training.

Skills

Process engineering

Batch processing

Process safety

Troubleshooting

Operator training

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Tools

DeltaV

Job description

Cindavi is seeking a Chemical Process Engineer to drive practical improvements on the plant floor at our Belle, West Virginia site. You will own batch tracking, troubleshoot live issues with operators, and support scale-up and new-product transfers to safe, reliable Operations execution.

The role emphasizes hands-on ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous learning in a safety-focused specialty chemical environment.