Process Development Engineer

Hebron Estates, KY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Process Development Engineer Foods or Chemical

Our client is experiencing rapid growth producing bulk food additives using state-of-the-art drying technologies. This company also designs and installs production units for internal use and for outside clients producing food additives as well as developing new processes to produce chemicals and consumer products. 70% of this engineers time will be spent in the pilot plant or on the production floor developing new processes running tests and modifying existing equipment derived by process simulations 30% of your time will be spent doing process simulation using CFD or other programs analyzing process data and setting up lab experiments. This person will use CAD to assist inside engineers and outside fabricators with new designs. You will be trained and mentored by senior engineers on plant and pilot plant processes. This person is eligible for a bonus and a relocation package that will be tailored to each candidates needs.

Requirements:

BS MS or PhD Chemical Engineer Mechanical Engineer or Physics with 5 years of experience as a Process Development or as a regular Process Engineer or doing scale up or developing new processes and equipment with industrial experience out of foods chemicals or other industries.
1 year of some type of computer simulation such as CFD FLUENT COMSOL MAT LAB Aspen or SimSci
Experience with one of the following: spray drying drying spraying filtration centrifugation or any type of particle separation

Strong background in fundamental heat and mass transfer fluid dynamics
Experience specifying and installing equipment in a lab or production setting

Pluses:

CAD Rheology molecular dynamics and molecular force interactions PLCs

Process Development Engineer Foods or Chemical Our client is experiencing rapid growth producing bulk food additives using state-of-the-art drying technologies. This company also designs and installs production units for internal use and for outside clients producing food additives as well as develo...