Senior High-Pressure Process Engineer – Tech Leader

ECI Group; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ECI Group in Pennsylvania seeks a Sr Process Technology Engineer focused on high-pressure processing to act as the primary technical resource. You will collaborate with Operations, R&D, Maintenance, Quality, and Engineering to drive reliability, safety, and manufacturing efficiency while advancing next-generation products.

The role covers equipment improvements, scale-up, troubleshooting, capital projects, and technology transfer, with emphasis on ISO-regulated environment and cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of progressive engineering experience in chemical manufacturing, process engineering, or manufacturing engineering.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience supporting, troubleshooting, modifying, or scaling high-pressure reactor systems, pressure vessels, or comparable high-pressure chemical processing equipment is required. Candidates without experience in high-pressure processing will not be considered.
• Experience scaling chemical processes from laboratory or pilot operations into commercial manufacturing.
• Experience leading capital equipment and process improvement projects.
• Experience working within an ISO 13485, ISO 9001, GMP, FDA-regulated, or similarly regulated manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary engineering resource for high-pressure processing and reactor systems by troubleshooting process and equipment issues, evaluating performance, recommending improvements to safety, reliability, productivity, and scalability, developing preventive maintenance and lifecycle plans, supporting inspections, repairs, modifications, commissioning, startups, shutdowns, and process trials, and monitoring performance to drive continuous improvement.
• Lead technology transfer, process scale-up, operating parameter optimization, validation, and commercialization efforts to improve product quality, consistency, throughput, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Lead reactor-related capital and engineering projects from concept through implementation, including scope, specifications, budgets, schedules, vendor evaluation, procurement, installation, commissioning, qualification, and cross-functional coordination.
• Support quality system requirements within ISO 13485 by managing engineering changes, maintaining technical and validation documentation, participating in risk assessments, supporting CAPA and related investigations, and ensuring compliance with company procedures and applicable regulations.
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Maintenance, R&D, Quality, EHS, Supply Chain, and Engineering to resolve technical challenges, provide guidance and training to manufacturing teams, share project updates with stakeholders, customers, and partners as appropriate, and support other manufacturing and engineering projects as needed.

Skills

High-pressure processing

Process scale-up

Capital project leadership

ISO 13485 GMP experience

Project management

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

PFDs & P&IDs

IQ/OQ/PQ validation

Job description

ECI Group in Pennsylvania seeks a Sr Process Technology Engineer focused on high-pressure processing to act as the primary technical resource. You will collaborate with Operations, R&D, Maintenance, Quality, and Engineering to drive reliability, safety, and manufacturing efficiency while advancing next-generation products.

The role covers equipment improvements, scale-up, troubleshooting, capital projects, and technology transfer, with emphasis on ISO-regulated environment and cross-functional