Process Engineer
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Responsibilities
Design new manufacturing processes for the plants to be built, ensuring their future operation is safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly. To do so, you will:
- Gather key design data from all relevant departments.
- Perform mass and energy balances.
- Prepare the P&IDs
- Conduct the technical-economic feasibility study
- Lead risk analyses from the perspective of industrial and food safety
- Define the control strategy
- Define the production schedule
- Prepare process documentation
- Identify critical control points
- Prepare the SOPs.
- Train staff
- Estimate operating and investment costs.
- Define the main process equipment.
- Define materials in accordance with the process and required quality.
- Define and evaluate pilot tests.
- Lead commissioning activities
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering / Chemical Engineering
- Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering (preferred)
Skills
- In-depth knowledge of the chemical, food, and pharmaceutical industries.
- Knowledge of biotechnological processes
- Knowledge of relevant standards and guidelines in the field of facility safety and environmental protection
- Technical expertise in batch and continuous processes
- Strong conflict management skills.
- Excellence in technical problem-solving.
- Knowledge of SAP.
- Very good knowledge of Spanish and English
- Proficiency in process simulation tools.
- Expertise in energy efficiency and carbon footprint.
Experience
- Several years of professional experience as a process engineer in the chemical, food, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology industry
- Experience in process optimization.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Experience as a Project Manager on projects in the range of 1 million euros is a plus.
Special Skills
- Safety-first mindset.
- Entrepreneurial mindset and approach.
- Cost-consciousness, striving to find optimal technical solutions.
- Persuasiveness, ability to motivate, and decisiveness.
- Creativity, flexibility, and resilience.