Senior Process Engineer

Main Functions

Joining the Capital Project Engineering team, the Senior Process Engineer will be providing process engineering support to LBI's North American plants (US and Canada).

Responsibilities inlcude, but are not limited to:

Process design:

• Collaborate with R&D and plant operations to translate laboratory/pilot plant findings into commercial plant process design.
• Produce BFD, PFD and associated Heat and Material Balances for new projects. Lead the design and revision of P&IDs.
• Lead the Hazop, PSA, FMEA and operability reviews to ensure proper design.
• Familiar sith PSM, SIL and applicable codes and standards.

Process Engineering / Engineering:

• Using PFDs, experience and design tools, create design specification sheets for a wide variety of equipment.
• Develop and maintain equipment list and instrumentation list.
• Define RFP/RFQ for vendors. Interact with equipment vendors to develop and select appropriate technologies..
• Establish lay-out of major equipment and units.
• Develop process control philosophy as well as critical control parameters for process operability and process safety.
• Prepare C&SU of new units, including SOPs and operators training.
• Field support the start-up in the plants.

Process Optimization:

• Lead and/or support process optimization projects for the various North American plants to maximize plant capacity while minimizing cost.
• Develop/maintain OEE modeling of the plants identifying new areas for process improvement or capital project with payback.
• Use process modeling and trend process performance to support and identify continuous improvements projects.
• Provide technical and troubleshooting support to plant operations.

Small Capital project improvements:

• Manage some small capital projects execution from design to implementation in the plants ( including design, procurement, contruction and C&SU).

Technical skills

Required

• BS in Chemical engineering's related field

Personal abilities

Required

• Safety focused, self started and highly organized.

General criteria

Required

• Ability to travel as required to support project/plant needs

Organization

Lallemand is a privately held Canadian company founded in the late 19th century, which develops, produces, and markets microorganisms for various markets. The administrative offices of the parent company are in Montreal, Canada. Today, Lallemand employs more than 5,000 people working in more than 45 countries on 5 continents.

Lallemand's Bio-Ingredients business unit has decades of experience as a quality yeast producer for the savory, health, and biotech industries.

We produce a wide range of products including yeast extracts, inactive yeasts and their derivatives for flavour enhancers, enriched mineral and vitamin yeasts for the health supplement and health food markets, and high-grade yeast extracts for the biotech industry. These products are propelled across the globe thanks to our impressive reach and a large dedicated team that serves our customers worldwide.

The Bio-Ingredients team is proud of the strong partnerships it has forged with its clients, relying on trust and cooperation in order to develop custom solutions for each individual business. Check out the available career opportunities in North America and several European countries.

Please take note that accommodations will be provided in all parts of the hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.