Senior Polymerization Engineer - Remote, Scale-Up & Innovation

Placements24

Mossel Bay

Hybrid

ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary
Bonuses
Health insurance
Retirement plan
Paid time off
Remote work

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a seasoned Senior Chemical Engineer specialized in polymerization to drive design, development, and scale-up of advanced polymerization processes. This fully remote role leverages your hands-on experience to optimize reactions, troubleshoot issues, and transfer technology to production while upholding safety and efficiency standards.

You will work with R&D, engineers, and operations, building models and diagrams, and applying kinetic modeling and process simulations to

Qualifications

  • Master's or PhD in Chemical Engineering or Polymer Science/Engineering.
  • 8+ years' hands-on chemical process engineering with polymerization focus.
  • Proven track record in development, scale-up, and troubleshooting of polymerization.
  • Expertise in Aspen Plus and kinetic modeling.
  • Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills for remote work.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design, development, and scale-up of novel polymerization processes.
  • Optimize polymerization reactions and unit operations for yield and cost.
  • Troubleshoot process issues and perform root cause analysis.
  • Develop process models and simulations to guide optimization.
  • Create PFDs, P&IDs, and equipment specs.
  • Collaborate with R&D, engineers, and production for tech transfer and commercialization.

Skills

Polymerization
Process development
Scale-up
Troubleshooting
Aspen Plus
Kinetic modeling
Data analysis
Remote work
Statistical methods
Independent work

Education

Master's or PhD in Chemical Engineering or Polymer Science

Tools

Aspen Plus

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a seasoned Senior Chemical Engineer specialized in polymerization to drive design, development, and scale-up of advanced polymerization processes. This fully remote role leverages your hands-on experience to optimize reactions, troubleshoot issues, and transfer technology to production while upholding safety and efficiency standards.

You will work with R&D, engineers, and operations, building models and diagrams, and applying kinetic modeling and process simulations to

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