Your Job
Principal Process Engineer at our Koch Technology Solutions business in Wilton, UK
Our Team
The successful applicant will help KTS create long-term value for customers and society, pursue continuous innovation and expand the business into new areas. As a member of the team you would be part of Koch Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the world with a presence in 60 countries and employing around 120,000 people, and have the opportunity to develop your career within an organisation which places a strong emphasis on personal development and learning (self-actualisation).
What You Will Do
- Play an active role in transforming the business, striving to find new ways to create the greatest value.
- Collaborate with clients, detailed engineering contactors and vendors, as well as colleagues in other engineering disciplines and the wider Koch businesses.
- Lead the development of new technologies, integrating them into KTS’ portfolio.
- Provide leadership on License Projects for new and established technologies. Develop engineering design packages in a fast-paced environment as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Approve process deliverables eg PFDs, P&IDs, equipment datasheets, instrument/valve schedules, pressure relief datasheets, to meet project requirements.
- Identify and implement process technology modifications including improvements to environmental performance and reduction in Capex/Opex.
- Take ownership of the technology basis of safety, supporting safety reviews such as Inherent Safety/HAZOP/LOPA.
- Support clients through analysis and optimisation of plant performance and review of vendor proposals.
- Participate in plant commissioning, operator training and troubleshooting on customer sites overseas, ensuring we meet our commitments to customers and our performance guarantees.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Have a personal commitment to Safety, Health and the Environment.
- Are an innovative, entrepreneurial engineer, with a degree in Chemical or Process Engineering.
- Are aligned with Koch PBM™ Culture (have integrity, are willing to challenge the status quo and transform/innovate; proactively acquire and share knowledge; a long-life learner; are contribution motivated and driven to create value for the business by doing so for others).
- Are results orientated and adaptable, with the enthusiasm and drive to complete challenging assignments.
- Have demonstrated your ability to work within teams, respecting others and valuing diversity.
- Have an ambition to develop technical and leadership skills as part of a global business.
- Have excellent communication skills (oral and written) in English.
- Are willing to travel and work overseas for a number of weeks at a time.
What Will Put You Ahead
Master's or equivalent in Chemical or Process Engineering
Experience with Process Safety
KTS supports flexible working arrangements, such as part-time working from home. Our busy office is located at the Wilton Centre on Teesside – at the northern edge of the North Yorkshire Moors and provides easy access to other areas of outstanding natural beauty including the Peak and Lake Districts. It has good transportation links and diverse places to live with easy access to shopping and other amenities.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 25 days’ vacation + 8 statutory
- BUPA Medical Cover
- Flexi-time; You can build up hours so that can have up to 12 days extra vacation in a year
- Contractual weekly hours are 38.75 (Mon-Fri. working week with core hours 10:00 – 16:00)
- Defined contribution pension scheme with Fidelity International
- Gym subsidy
Who We Are
Koch Technology Solutions (KTS), is a world leading licensor of technology for the Polyester, Nylon and Polyurethane value chains and is expanding into other technology sectors. The newest additions to our technology range include extracting lithium from brine (Direct Lithium Extraction) to support the growing need for energy storage, and advanced recycling of mixed waste PET bottles and containers into raw materials for high-quality food-grade applications thereby closing the recycling loop on plastics.
KTS has over 40 years of licensing experience and deploys a global team of technical experts to design, commission, and support license plants. We are seeking to recruit a Principal Process Engineer to join our team. Candidates should be interested in working on process engineering design packages, developing new technologies and gaining operations/commissioning experience. Experience in any of the technologies that KTS currently Licenses is not essential.
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