Process Technologist (Agrochemicals)

Process Technologist

Purpose of the role:

Provide experimental and technical support, primarily for powder handling projects (compaction, flowability, etc. and additionally for other process technology projects in fine chemical processing and manufacture.

Provide scientific input/data to technical studies in the support of agrochemical production sites globally.

Provide experimental and technical assessment in support of reaction chemistry.

This enables the improvement and development of manufacturing processes for new and existing products via the provision of technical understanding to manufacturing plants and projects.

Responsibilities:

• Appreciate and implement HSE standards as integral part of the job. Carry out activities in compliance with the site, company and regulatory HSE requirements.
• Preparation of laboratory experimental programmes to assess powder handling properties of various materials
• Assist in other chemical and process development projects to to assess and understand chemical processes in order to improve the technological and manufacturing capability, cost and HSE performance of Company's processes, under the direction of the Senior or Principal process engineer.
• Generate reports, summaries and presentations to communicate project progress and final results to project stakeholders/teams.
• Contribute to inventions, designs and other work product, including know-how, copyright, software, innovations, solutions, and other intellectual assets.
• Actively apply scientific expertise to influence tasks, resolve problems and drive project delivery.

Knowledge, experience & capabilities:

• Educational background in a relevant technical area to at least Bachelor's Degree standard.
• Knowledge of HSE systems and QA procedures, application and responsibility for compliance.
• Awareness and understanding of process safety and health issues arising from chemical operations in a laboratory environment.
• Experience in laboratory and quantitative analytical experience in a chemical engineering, chemistry or related scientific discipline.
• Good organisational skills with ability to plan, adapt rapidly to changing situations and control activities over extended periods.
• Ability to work effectively in multicultural teams and to interact with and deal effectively with project stakeholders.
• Ability to identify and analyse problems - consistently using scientific method, relevant scientific theory and digital data analysis.
• Ability to define experiments and communicate them clearly, to gain support.
• Ability to set up purpose-made kit to extract the appropriate data for process support.
• Excellent communication and team-working skills to enable a collaborative working environment.

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