Senior Process Engineer
Our client seeks an experienced Senior Process Engineer to join their product development team, focusing on proprietary reactor design and balance of plant scaling from demonstrator to commercial size.
You will support the Technology team in electrolytic testing at larger scales and partner sites, pioneering equipment configuration for safe electrolysis under supercritical water conditions.
* Execute process engineering design activities in a timely and cost-effective manner.
* Collaborate with subcontractors and vendors to reach a demonstrator scale plant by 2024 and a pilot by 2026.
* Develop flowsheets, perform detailed calculations, and own mass and energy balance.
* Design process control and system configurations.
* Develop equipment and instrumentation specifications.
* Identify hazards and manage risks.
* Own technical delivery of engineering projects.
* Support lab-scale testing and scale-up.
* Contribute to writing bids and customer proposals.
* Develop customer-facing project plans and negotiate product integration.
* Liaise with partners and vendors.
Requirements:
* Master's degree or above in Chemical/Process Engineering.
* Senior or equivalent status as a process engineer in a relevant industry.
Desirable skills:
* Experience with high-pressure/high-temperature systems and flammable gases.
* Proficiency in process engineering design from first principles.
* Project development lifecycle experience.
* Proficiency in process modelling software.
* Strong communication and organisational skills.
* Commitment to inherent safe design and risk minimisation.
Preferred skills:
* Electrochemical experience: electrolysis or fuel cells.
* Design experience in hydrogen and oxygen.
* Design experience in supercritical water.
* Thermal design using HTRI.
* Experience in scaling up designs.
* Chartered engineer status.
* CFD/modelling experience.