Summary :
Reporting to the Program Manager, Field Deployments, the Process Engineering Team Lead will coordinate with various departments to lead process engineering and modelling activities. This is a supervisory role, overseeing and leading a small team of process engineers.
Primary Responsibilities :
- Coordinate with field deployments, marketing, business development, product development, and R&D for process engineering and modelling requests.
- Prioritize, assign delegate, and supervise the process engineering group to complete the work requests from internal and external clients.
- Work with the team to assemble, build, commission and operate a pre-commercial plant producing hydrogen using a novel methane pyrolysis process.
- Work with the team for process development of full scale commercial hydrogen facilities.
- Lead process engineering and modelling activities at Ekona
- Ensure that the pre-commercial plant meets specific design criteria, is built to specification, and operates at or above process KPI’s. Integrate process findings from the PMP test system into the pilot plant design.
- Provide guidance to build upon Ekona’s existing PMP Aspen Model.
- Lead process modelling studies and consider process configuration options.
- Update and generate PFD’s and P&ID’s.
- Facilitate process hazard analyses, and process selection studies.
- Calculate sizing of pressure safety devices.
- Select or develop design standards to guide the team.
- As part of a team, help develop novel new reactor and system concepts from the ground up for current and future generation product offerings.
- Supervise and provide guidance and training to all direct reports
- Complete performance reviews, conduct regular 1 : 1 check-ins, review and approve timesheets and time off requests by direct reports
- Develop operations plans and enforce safe work practices.
- Other relevant duties
You Bring :
Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering; Master’s degree is an asset10+ years of industrial expertise3+ years experience leading a team, an assetStrong background in mass and energy balances - PFDs, and P&IDsProficiency with HYSYS, Aspen Plus and other related process simulation softwareExperience participating in HAZOPs and sizing of pressure safety devices.Previous experience with pilot plant and / or industrial-scale commissioning and start-up is an asset.Exceptional communication skills both written and verbal; ability to present results and actionable priorities in front of a group of peers and write reports.Detail oriented mindset.Previous industrial chemical process scale-up and commercialization expertise.Exceptional problem solving and troubleshooting skills.Professional Engineering designation or working towards obtaining it.Leadership abilities to coach and mentor more junior process engineersJob 70369