working closely with process chemists and control engineers to ensure the process plant is set up to provide maximum output levels and efficient running of the production facility
- designing plant and equipment configuration so that they can be readily adapted to suit the product range and the process technologies involved, taking environmental and economic aspects into account
- setting up scale-up and scale-down processes including appropriate changes to equipment design and configuration
- assessing options for plant expansion or reconfiguration by developing and testing process simulation models
- designing, installing and commissioning new production plants, including monitoring developments and troubleshooting
- optimising production by analysing processes and compiling de-bottleneck studies
- applying new technologies
- researching new products from trial through to commercialisation and improving product lines
- ensuring that potential safety issues related to the project operator, the environment, the process and the product are considered at all stages