Production Process Engineer

Again; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401k match

Company equity

Performance bonus

PTO and sick leave

Parental leave

Stocked kitchen

Job summary

Again in Houston, Texas is seeking a Process Engineer for their innovative gas fermentation plant. This role involves ensuring smooth operations, managing engineering teams, and optimizing production processes. The company offers an engaging work environment and various benefits including health insurance, 401k match, and company equity.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years in process engineering, a degree in Chemical Engineering, and is hands-on with industrial reactors. Relocation support is provided for those moving to the Houston area.

Qualifications

• Over 5 years of experience in production and process engineering.
• Hands-on experience with industrial reactors for operation and troubleshooting.
• Ability to work collaboratively within scientific and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production engineering for TXS-1 gas fermentation plant.
• Manage engineers and technicians and ensure safe plant operation.
• Optimize production processes and lead improvement projects.

Skills

Production and process engineering experience

Hands-on experience with industrial reactors

Collaboration skills

Mechanical aptitude

Education

BS in Chemical Engineering or Bioprocess Engineering

Job description

About Again

At Again, we are advancing a new industrial era. AI-powered biocatalysts. No oil. No sugar. By combining millennia-old bacteria with cutting-edge technology, we turn waste gases into the products that matter.

We have raised over $100m in funding from both top investors such as Google Ventures or HV Capital, and leading grant funding programmes such as European Union’s Horizon 2020. We are a growing team of experienced scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs from the DTU, Stanford, MIT (and more) who are passionate about revolutionizing the chemical industry.

We are leading the positive shift. Showing people that our world does have a future. If you think we're doomed – think Again.

What you’ll do

We are looking for a Process Engineer to (i) get our newly commissioned First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) TXS-1 gas fermentation plant in Houston, Texas, running smoothly at full nameplate capacity, (ii) assist with the design and construction of our next, much larger commercial plant, and (iii) own the commissioning and startup of this next commercial plant.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production engineering for TXS-1, Again’s first commercial gas fermentation plant
• Manage engineers and technicians
• Optimize and debottleneck production processes, particularly gas fermentation and related upstream equipment including media preparation. Downstream processing steps will also require your attention (see ‘Preferred Requirements’)
• Ensure safe and smooth operation of all plant equipment
• Oversee improvement projects and lead root cause analyses (RCA’s)

About You

Minimum Requirements

• You have practical experience (>5 years) in production and process engineering in a plant setting
• Hands on experience with industrial reactors- operation, optimization, debottlenecking, troubleshooting.
• BS in Chemical Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, or similar
• You are collaborative, communicative and can work closely with both our scientific and process engineering teams. You can also collaborate with and help give clear direction to our Automation personnel
• You lead by example and can operate independently. Although you will be managing other engineers, this is not a desk job - significant presence in the field is required.
• Willing to relocate to the Houston, TX area.

Preferred Requirements

• Strong competence within bioprocessing and a deep understanding of gas/liquid mass transfers, sanitary design, aseptic operations, and experience with gas fermentation is a plus
• Experience with unit operations like media prep, tangential flow/cross flow filtration, ion exchange, centrifugation, liquid-liquid extraction, and distillation is a plus
• Experience in plant commissioning, startups, and turn-arounds
• Project management experience and people management experience are plusses
• Mechanically-minded ("handy") process engineers will be favored. Maybe you know how to take apart a pump, maybe you can help troubleshoot a compressor etc.

What we promise you:

• You get to work with a group of passionate scientists and engineers, working on challenging and meaningful projects
• This will be the journey of a lifetime – we are pioneering a new era of industrial manufacturing using biotech to make clean and resilient supply chains, and you can play a pivotal role in making that happen
• An ambitious, empowering and engaging work environment.
• We understand that relocating can be a hassle, so if you don't live in Houston, Texas we will help out to give you a smooth transition. Note the exact location of the FOAK production site is Texas City. US citizen or work permit is required.
• We live by our company values: Relentless Grit, Unreasonably Ambitious, Unconventional Thinking, Critical Urgency
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, 401k match, company equity, performance bonus, PTO and sick leave, parental leave, and a stocked kitchen.

If you have questions regarding the role, we would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out at [e-mail]. We look forward to hearing from you.