R&I Chemical Process Engineering

Bollate, Lombardy, Italy (On-site)

Our client is a globally established science company bringing advancements in cars, batteries, planes, smart and medical devices as well as air and water treatment.

As a Steering Committee of the worldwide Hydrogen Council, our client's mission is to boost the progress of a Green Hydrogen economy by focusing on advanced technologies and materials enabling more efficient and safer production, conversion and delivery of green hydrogen in particular.

We are looking for R&I chemical process engineer to develop and scout the scalable technologies to enable the industrial competitive and sustainable volume growth of specialty polymers products and their recycling processes.

You will be:

• Scouting, designing, experimenting and operating new process unit operations at lab and pilot scale.
• Establishing process block diagrams and preliminary R&I technical package for scaling-up.
• Dealing with all kinds of physico-chemical transformations of organic & mineral products, including chemical reactions, polymerization reactions, mixing, separation, purification, drying, solid form generation unit operations.
• Supporting the qualification of the new technologies and of the product quality at industrial scale.
• Performing preliminary material balance and thermal balance for achieving the most economically & environmentally competitive solution.
• Developing process solutions for the recycling of the main product(s).
• Supporting plant troubleshootings requiring R&I capabilities.
• Developing process solutions for co-product(s) and/or effluent(s) management, including internal recycling.
• Collaborating with the other R&I Centers of the Group on a worldwide basis.
• Collaborating with technology providers on a worldwide basis.
• Collaborating with upstream raw materials production lines and with downstream product application development labs.
• Collaborating with R&I lab polymerization chemists, analysts, pilot teams and with industrial Technology & Operations teams.

An ideal candidate would have:

Education and Experience

• Master Degree or Ph.D. in Chemical process engineering, Chemical engineering, Material science.
• Industrial site experience in innovation technology transfer and industrialization is a plus.
• Six Sigma methodologies and project management skills is a plus.
• Additional background in organic chemistry and/or materials science is a plus.
• Experience in working in chemical or polymer synthesis, post-treatment, post-processing, finishing, recycling extrapolation pilots or small industrial units is a plus.
• Industrial experience in Research and Innovation (R&I) polymerization pilots is a plus.
• Fluent Italian and English, written and spoken.
• 5 or more years of working experience.

Skills

• Hands-on, independent, self-motivated contributor with strong problem solving skills.
• Good communication and presentation skills (oral and written).
• Strong attention to details.
• Organizational skills and attitude to projects management.
• Interpersonal and teamwork skills.

Additional information:

• Availability to missions for seminars and technical meetings with customers.