Senior Manager, Chemical Process Engineering

Skills at this level

Process Troubleshooting and Root-Cause Analysis

— Determines the causes of operational problems or failures in chemical and biological processes, diagnosing equipment and system issues and directing corrective action to restore safe, compliant operation.

Equipment Sizing, Specification and Procurement

— Evaluates the characteristics of process equipment and systems, then sizes, specifies, and procures equipment for process-facility projects to meet performance and safety requirements.

Process Optimization

— Improves chemical manufacturing processes by evaluating process and data characteristics, refining procedures, and advancing techniques to increase yield, quality, and cost efficiency.

Capital Project Management

— Manages process-facility capital projects from engineering design and equipment procurement through construction support and process startup, coordinating vendors and clients.

Regulatory Compliance and Risk Assessment

— Performs regulatory compliance reviews and risk assessments to ensure processes and manufacturing operations meet FDA and applicable safety requirements.

Safety Standards and Procedure Development

— Develops and enforces safety standards, policies, and procedures and creates technical methods and processes governing safe operation of chemical processes.

Process Simulation and Modeling

— Applies process simulation tools such as Aspen HYSYS, CHEMCAD, and COMSOL Multiphysics to model chemical processes, evaluate designs, and predict process behavior before implementation.

Engineering Team Leadership and Mentoring

— Supervises, mentors, and develops engineering team members, building process-engineering capability and coordinating engineers across projects.

Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills

— Evaluates designs and processes and proposes improvements where necessary, using logic and reasoning to weigh alternative solutions and approaches.

Technical Vision and Innovation Strategy

— Defines technical vision, innovation strategy, and high-level engineering standards, evaluating new developments in the field to guide direction across multiple teams or the engineering organization.

Creativity / Innovation

— Explores new ways of applying chemical engineering to invent materials and advance manufacturing techniques, applying creative problem-solving when designs do not work the first time.