Chemical Engineer

Chemical Engineer

Based in West Bromwich

Salary dependent on experience

25 days paid holiday (+8 bank holidays)

36.25 hour working week

The Company

Our client is a large independent manufacturer of Chemicals and Rubber accelerators, offering a wide range of custom manufactured intermediates on commercial scale

They manufacture for the Pharmaceutical, Agrochemical and Specialty Chemical industries as well as many others and their team of chemists are experts in custom synthesis, contract manufacture and process optimisation.

The Role

They have a vacancy for a Chemical Engineer and are looking to recruit for an immediate start. This position reports to the Senior Chemical Engineers.

The ideal candidate will have responsibility for the following:

• Initiation, design, implementation, and commissioning of Plant Modification Proposals, to modify existing plant, including all relevant hazard assessments and HAZOPs.
• Deciding the scope and extent of hazard assessment required relevant to the process, carrying out calculations, advising on testing programmes to obtain further data, initiating and leading HAZOPs as required, and revising designs accordingly, and maintaining the risk assessment record system.
• Ensuring all chemical engineering work is in compliance with Statutory Regulations and Codes of Practice.
• Liaise with the Project Engineering section to develop the plant design, layout, costing and proposals for authorisation.
• Act as the Chemical Engineering expert on Process Improvement Groups and Project teams and advise Research Department, on practical solutions to develop process routes for new and existing processes.
• Advise other Engineers, Customers, Contractors and Consultants on technical matters covering design, safety, and materials of construction and processing techniques.
• Act as Project Leader to specified projects with responsibility for expenditure budget, overall design, and completion to agreed targets and operating performance.
• Organisation of design and commissioning work and requests for resources, to achieve the required Production budget.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• Graduate Chemical engineer.
• Minimum of 3 year's relevant industrial experience.

Experience of any of the following would be an advantage:

• Developing new processes and improving existing ones.
• On-plant experience in commissioning and practical trouble shooting skills
• COMAH regulations & implementation
• Experience of DSEAR methodology
• Experience of SIL and LOPA assessments
• Relief system sizing & DIERS methodology

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