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The ideal candidate combines strong process-design fundamentals with practical plant and commissioning experience.\nLocation: Remote in the US, with frequent travel to China demo plant (2-3 times the rest of 2026, then have the ability to stay in China for 4+ weeks for commissioning)\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s or advanced degree in chemical engineering or a related discipline.\n8+ years of relevant experience in chemical-process engineering, capital projects, commissioning, or plant operations.\nExperience with both FEED and detailed engineering for chemical or industrial process facilities.\nHands-on commissioning, start-up, plant-operations, or process-troubleshooting experience.\nStrong knowledge of process equipment, utilities, controls, PFDs, P&IDs, and heat and material balances.\nExperience overseeing EPC firms, technology licensors, or equipment vendors from the owner’s perspective.\nWorking knowledge of Process Safety Management systems and tools, including HAZOP, LOPA, Management of Change, facility siting, Process Safety Information, incident investigation, and root-cause analysis.\nFluent English and demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with international EPCs, vendors, and plant teams.\nAbility to travel internationally, including to project and manufacturing sites in China.\nExperience with techno-economic analysis (TEA) and COGS-reduction initiatives.\nExperience with EPC selection, contractor interviews, and techno-economic bid evaluation.\nExperience preparing or reviewing equipment datasheets, specifications, and vendor documents.\nExperience providing technical sign-off of equipment prior to fabrication.\nExperience with FAT/eFAT and vendor acceptance testing.\nConstruction-support experience, including RFIs, field changes, and engineering redlines.\nExperience with pre-commissioning and commissioning planning.\nCapital-project execution experience, including FEL packages, contractor management, and schedule and cost control.\nPreferred Qualifications\nStrong preference: Mandarin Chinese proficiency.\nStrong preference: Scale-up experience from laboratory or pilot scale to demonstration or commercial operation.\nFirst-of-a-kind technology experience.\nExperience with wiped-film, falling-film, or forced-circulation evaporators.\nExperience with nitric acid absorption or other nitric-acid processes.\nExperience with ProSim or comparable process-simulation software.\nFamiliarity with PDRI or comparable capital-project assessment tools.\nExperience with reaction kinetics, operations readiness, and plant-personnel training.\nProfessional Engineer license or equivalent registration.\nEngineering Team Deliverables\nA validated process design basis for Novoloop’s demonstration plant and first commercial plant — PFDs, P&IDs, heat and material balances, and simulation models the organization can build from.\nFEED and detailed-engineering packages accepted by internal stakeholders and EPC partners, with technical scopes, datasheets, and specifications complete enough to bid and fabricate against.\nEquipment and vendor packages taken from bid evaluation through technical sign-off, FAT/eFAT, and delivery — on scope, on schedule, and fit for the intended duty.\nProcess-safety deliverables closed out for each project stage: HAZOP and LOPA actions, facility siting, Process Safety Information, and Management of Change records.\nSuccessful commissioning and start-up: pre-commissioning plans executed, performance-test criteria met, and the plant handed to operations at demonstrated rate and quality.\nDocumented improvements in throughput, yield, reliability, energy use, CAPEX, and COGS, with the underlying analysis captured for the next facility.\nDesign, procedural, and training improvements informed by plant learning are fed back into Novoloop’s future commercial facilities in the US and China.\nJob Type: Full-time\nPay: $150,000.00 per year\nBenefits:\n401(k)\n401(k) matching\nDental insurance\nEmployee assistance program\nFlexible schedule\nHealth insurance\nHealth savings account\nLife insurance\nPaid time off\nParental leave\nReferral program\nVision insurance\nApplication Question(s):\n1) Briefly describe your experience in scaling new chemical technology - what scale did you start from and eventually finished at? 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