Senior Process Chemical Engineer

Nitricity Inc. in Fremont, CA, seeks a Senior Process Chemical Engineer. Design, configure and optimize Nitricity's industrial plasma-chemical fertilizer processes from inception through to
start-up and certification.

Responsibilities

• Work with Nitricity-affiliated contractors and engineering firms to accelerate product and subsystem development.
• Assess, design, run, test, and upgrade systems and processes, including assessment of work by third-party contractors and engineering firms.
• Develop best practices, routines, and innovative solutions to improve production rates and quality of output.
• Provide process documentation, technical specifications, and operating instructions.
• Perform process simulations and risk assessments and manage cost and time constraints.
• Work to provide a timely development of the scale-up of the system processes.
• Train other process engineers in industrial process engineering.
• Develop the operating procedures and parameters for the operation of the chemical plant that Nitricity is designing.
• Develop all the needed documentation of function, safety, and chemical management.
• Work with the design team to achieve the necessary processes, and work with the controls team to develop the controls programming needed to run the plant.

Qualifications

• Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree, or foreign equivalent in Chemical Engineering and 5 years of experience in the job offered or in a related position.
• Must also possess experience with developing large chemical processes; Gas flow; Thermal management technologies; Chemical engineering principles, including reaction kinetics, mass and heat transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid dynamics;
• Designing and optimizing chemical processes, including the ability to scale up laboratory-scale processes to industrial production levels; Gas flow behavior, fluid dynamics, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations to analyze and optimize gas handling systems within chemical processes; managing and controlling thermal aspects of chemical processes, including heat exchanger design, temperature control, and thermal stability assessments; safety protocols and hazardous materials handling, safety standards, and risk assessment in chemical processes; Materials compatibility, corrosion resistance, and selection of materials for various components within chemical processes;
• Project management including the ability to plan, execute, and oversee large-scale projects from concept to completion; and environmental regulations and compliance requirements related to chemical processes, including emissions control and waste management.
• Salary: $155,000/year