Process Modeling & Engineering Evaluations Engineer

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Being a member of the Process Technology & Solutions (PT&S) group is an exciting and challenging opportunity to work with many DuPont businesses on a variety of technical and business issues.   The successful Process Modeling and Engineering Evaluation (PM&EE) engineer helps the team by envisioning, defining and assessing the commercialization of an idea, simultaneously answering the questions - "Is the idea technically feasible?", “What does it take for the opportunity to be technically feasible?”, "How does the idea impact the environment?", "What is the idea worth?", and “What are the key technology items and uncertainties impacting commercial viability?”. Depending on the business need, the PM&EE engineer may identify technical options, define commercial process concepts, model process concepts, prepare heat & material balances and flowsheets for a process, develop sustainability assessments, prepare preliminary equipment specifications for investment estimates, estimate manufacturing costs, prepare financial analyses and assess business risk.  Evaluation and modeling results are used for selecting among manufacturing options, guiding research and development, and supporting strategic business decisions. 

The current PT&S group comprises over a dozen engineers who work with all different businesses throughout DuPont.  The PT&S consultants work side by side with manufacturing technology scientists, site operations, capital engineering teams and other leveraged engineering consultants who excel in such specialties as separations technology, process modeling, fluid flow, and thermodynamics, thereby creating a stimulating and collaborative environment.  The variety of programs provide opportunities not only to work across DuPont’s businesses and platforms, but to interface with external stakeholders for engagement (working with customers, trade associations, regulators, NGOs, professional organizations, etc.) in both the technology and product/process development arenas. 

Qualifications and skills required:

Education & Training:

•Bachelor's degree or higher in chemical or process engineering and 10+ years of experience working in the engineering field

General Engineering Experience:

•General process engineering knowledge, solid problem-solving, and decision-making skills

•Demonstrated strong, broad technical engineering skills

•Experience with a variety of process technologies, unit operations, and manufacturing scales

•Having multiple manufacturing plant experiences is a plus

•Having R&D and/or process development experiences is a plus

•Experience with bulk solids handling & transport is a plus

Specific Process Modeling and Evaluations Experience:

•Experience modeling continuous and batch processes for equipment & system design/sizing, optimization, expansion, and troubleshooting

•Experience with analysis of manufacturing cost, investment, and environmental impact

•Experience with commercial Process Modeling software packages such as Aspen Plus, Aspen Custom Modeler, Aspen Dynamics, gPROMS, and/or ChemCAD

•Experience in process/system development and/or design to achieve product and/or system performance, economic, and environmental objectives

•Experience in applying Techno-Economic Assessment (TEA) in support of strategic business decisions, research guidance, marketing and stakeholder engagement is a plus.

•Capital project involvement or participation is a plus

•Evaluation of continuous, batch, and discrete product manufacturing processes is a plus

General Skills:

•Demonstrated strong written and oral communication skills; e.g. ability to present complex technical issues effectively to research and plant personnel, upper management, and non-technical audiences

•Must be self-motivated and have the ability to adjust priorities

•Ability to plan, prioritize and execute multiple concurrent activities and deliver on commitments under time constraints

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Travel time: 10% or less

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