Senior Process Engineer

Senior Process Engineer - West Sacramento, United States
Job description
About the Company
Headquartered in West Sacramento, Origin Materials is the world's leading carbon negative materials company. Origin’s mission is to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials. Over the past 10 years, Origin has developed a platform for turning the carbon found in non-food biomass into useful materials, while capturing carbon in the process. Origin’s patented drop-in core technology, economics and carbon impact have been validated by trusted third parties and are supported by a growing list of major global customers and investors. Origin’s first plant is expected to be operational in 2022 with a second, full-scale commercial plant expected to be operational by 2025 and plans for additional expansion over the next decade. For more information, visit www.originmaterials.com.

Our People
We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. When you take a job at Origin, you do more than switch companies or advance your career. You become part of the Origin community: an inclusive group of hardworking, uniquely talented people who drive innovation.

Benefits and Perks
You will work with great people. You will be joining a close-knit group of A+ players who like to hustle, create, and work hard because we believe in Origin’s mission: to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials.

You will make a difference. We’re working on big things, so every person has the opportunity to make an impact.

You will grow. There are endless opportunities at Origin to learn and improve. You’ll be surrounded by great minds and presented with big challenges. And you and your teammates will push one another to overcome those challenges.

You will enjoy excellent benefits. We offer a wide range of insurance including Medical and Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life, as well as a 401k, EAP, and generous leave.

You will have flexibility. We don’t believe in one size fits all when it comes to work location and schedule. We care about safety and efficiency so work where and when you are at your best. Also, we recognize our team works hard so we want you to take time off when you need it. That’s why we have a flexible time off policy.

About the Position
Process Engineers in this role will be on site at our West Sacramento location and are responsible for designing, procuring, and constructing bench scale and pilot scale systems that will inform Origin’s future commercial scale facilities. The Process Engineer will use data generated from these systems to develop heuristics that drive design efforts for first-of-their-kind commercial facilities. Safe design and hazard evaluation is critical to this position, as is a strong foundation in first-principles based problem solving and troubleshooting.

You will be responsible for:

• Design and construction of separation processes for unique and challenging compounds, including distillation and crystallization
• Commissioning and start-up of bench and pilot scale unit operations alongside the pilot operations team
• Authoring original documents such as batch cards, operating procedures, PFDs, P&IDs, as well as newly identified procedures, guidelines and standard company practices
• Working with vendors and industry experts to identify process equipment and specifications and verify proper installation/operation for a variety of process equipment, such as pumps, instrumentation, reaction vessels, etc.
• Forming a strong understanding of process specifics, such as reaction mechanisms, chemical kinetics, suitable materials of construction, and physical properties
• Receiving raw data from bench and pilot scale systems, and curating it to analyze system performance and key process indicators

Other Duties:

• Providing technical and project execution mentorship, guidance, and support to other engineers, including reviewing other’s engineering work and providing constructive feedback
• Leading safety reviews and engineering design reviews
• Troubleshooting chemical reaction systems and equipment using engineering documents, operator testimonials, plant data, and in-field exploration
• Communicating and collaborating with other engineering disciplines, plant operators, synthetic and analytical chemists, and members of the management team
• Incorporating pilot plant and research findings into process flow and equipment designs
• Requirements

About You
You:

• Are familiar with safety review exercises (i.e. PHA, HAZOP, LOPA), can design intrinsically safe processes and control systems, including PID loop development and tuning, equipment selection, sample ports, and valve placement
• Can lead a team of engineers through all steps of project execution, from conceptualization and definition, all the way to construction, commissioning, start up and operating
• You can define operating envelopes, required engineering controls, and best handling practices at pilot and commercial scales
• Can safely manage the physical demands/working environment
• Are able to safely handle hazardous materials
• Able to move / lift 50 pounds
• You are able to be on your feet up to 8 hours a day
• Are able to wear a respirator and fire-resistant clothing for 1+ hour a day

Your Experience:
Have to Have it:

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering or related field
• 6+ years relevant industrial experience
• Operational, mechanical, and basic electrical skills
• Ability to create a mass and energy balance on a defined system
• Ability to apply engineering fundamentals such as heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and process design
• Experience with reading and creating PFDs / P&IDs
• Able to concisely communicate project objectives and constraints

Information

• Location: West Sacramento, United States

Industry experience

Education: Bachelor

Seniority: Expert, Engineer, Consultant

Years of experience: 5 to 10 years

Taxonomy

• Process
• Process Control
• Process Engineering
• Process Control