Process Development Engineer - Chemical Scale-Up

Mitsubishi Chemical Group; Morrisville (Bucks County); On-site; USD 87,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

Medical, Dental, Vision, and optional

401(k) with company match

Company-paid Life Insurance, AD&D, Dis

Annual performance bonus eligibility

PPE provided and uniforms

Job summary

Gelest, Inc., part of the Mitsubishi Chemical Group, is hiring a Research Engineer to develop new processes and deploy technologies across Production and Product Development. The role emphasizes safety, process development, and scale-up in a chemical manufacturing setting.

You will coordinate technology transfer, document progress, and support continuous improvement through lab, pilot, and production operations. Travel may be required to support multi-site activities.

Qualifications

• Possess good problem solving and hands on troubleshooting skills.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills to interact between various plant personnel such as operators and plant management.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Able to interpret SDS and packaging code information and follow procedures.
• Familiar with packaging and handling moisture and air-sensitive solids, liquids and gases.
• Works effectively with multiple functions within the organization.
• Able to serve as a member of the safety committee or emergency response team if required.
• Proficient with O365 or equivalent software.
• Occasionally required to lift and / or move up to 40 pounds.
• Must be able to distinguish colors accurately.
• Pass respirator fit test as required by OSHA.
• Must be able to hear/see and respond to all communications and alarms.
• Wear personal protective equipment as needed.
• Work in various settings, including Lab, Pilot, and Production environments.
• Minimum requirements include a B.S. in chemical engineering or related discipline, and 2 to 5 years of hands‑on experience with a heavy emphasis on process development and safety in a chemical industrial manufacturing environment is preferred. Master’s degree in engineering helpful.
• Familiar with the basic chemical process unit operations, for example batch and continuous reactors, heat exchangers, centrifuges, refrigeration & heating equipment, rotating machinery, electrically heated furnaces, dryers, crystallizers, and distillation columns.
• Experience with polymers and polymerization processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and assess technology transfer from Product Development to Production.
• Document work and progress against goals; establish operating methods and procedures.
• Facilitate transfer through safety reviews, training, commissioning, start-up.
• Design, construct, commission, start-up, and troubleshoot demonstration processes.
• Design and execute testing protocols to optimize process performance in lab, pilot and production settings.
• Design, manage, monitor, and interpret bench-scale experiments to facilitate scale up to pilot and production processes and provide training to Production staff where applicable.
• Test and evaluate equipment, products, and procedures with the objective of identifying improvements for scale-up and routinely document results and give oral presentations on project status as required.
• Coordinate trial batches in a production environment, including specification of raw materials, drafting procedures, monitoring the batches, and reporting the results while assisting in assessment and specification of equipment to meet process objectives.
• Lead or assist troubleshooting activities for existing manufacturing processes and perform root cause analysis.
• Evaluate equipment and processes to identify opportunities to optimize performance or to ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
• Write procedures, Safe Work Practices, Design Hazard Reviews and Management of Change as needed.

Skills

Problem solving

Troubleshooting

Written and verbal communication

Independent work

SDS interpretation

Packaging handling

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety committee readiness

Office software (O365)

Manual lifting

Color vision

Respirator fit testing

PPE usage

Lab/Pilot/Production operations

Chemical engineering degree knowledge

Education

B.S. in chemical engineering or related discipline

Master’s degree helpful

Tools

O365

Job description

Gelest, Inc., part of the Mitsubishi Chemical Group, is hiring a Research Engineer to develop new processes and deploy technologies across Production and Product Development. The role emphasizes safety, process development, and scale-up in a chemical manufacturing setting.

You will coordinate technology transfer, document progress, and support continuous improvement through lab, pilot, and production operations. Travel may be required to support multi-site activities.