Job description

The process engineer assists in optimizing and scaling the company’s commercial facilities around the world. Its mission is to design and monitor the implementation of new equipment and adapt existing facilities. The process engineer may be required to supervise and manage other operational projects as requested by management.

The incumbent will be responsible for:

• Develop, configure, optimize and validate the company’s industrial processes from inception to start-up and certification;
• Evaluate production processes, take measurements and interpret data;
• Design, execute, test and upgrade process systems and equipment at pilot facilities;
• Develop and optimize continuous production and manufacturing processes to meet production, quality and cost objectives;
• Collect production data and apply standard scientific and statistical methods to analyse, document and map production processes;
• Identify bottlenecks in pilot and commercial processes, and develop and present solutions;
• Review and recommend changes or upgrades to equipment and systems, process flow diagrams (PFD) and process piping diagrams (PID)
• Participate in risk studies (HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, What-If)
• Provide detailed reporting throughout project phases;

Experience and skills required:

• Bachelor in Chemical Engineering
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the petrochemical or chemical field
• Excellent command of oral and written communication, French and English;
• Mastery of process flow diagrams (PFD), process piping diagrams (PID) and material and energy balance sheets (HMB)
• Asset: Mastery of the Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS process simulation software

Skills required:

• Engaged and accountable;
• Teamwork and collaboration;
• Critical and analytical thinking;
• Ability to learn new technologies;
• Meticulous and attentive to detail;
• Ability to work under time constraints and manage multiple priorities at once.