Description

Company Overview

Join a world-class team of chemical engineers, operators, and technical professionals dedicated to advancing safe, efficient, and innovative manufacturing processes. As a Process Engineer, you’ll work at the intersection of Production, Engineering, and R&D—bringing strong analytical skills, engineering fundamentals, and hands-on problem solving to support high-quality chemical manufacturing.

Benefits: Nalas provides a 6% company-matched 401(k) fully vested on day one, a $0-deductible health insurance plan, and more! Additional wellness, dental, and vision options are available to support employees and their families.

Scope: At Nalas, Process Engineers have significant opportunities to broaden their impact as they gain experience. As your technical and operational skills deepen, you may advance into senior engineering roles, lead process improvement initiatives, or move into leadership positions within Manufacturing.

Requirements

In this role, you’ll contribute directly to process design, optimization, equipment operation, and troubleshooting across both batch and continuous operations. You’ll apply principles such as material and energy balances, kinetics, mixing, and heat transfer while maintaining strict adherence to EHS and Process Safety Management requirements. Your work will support safe scale-up, reliable production campaigns, and high-integrity documentation practices that drive consistency and improvement.

Whether you're early in your engineering career or bring seasoned manufacturing experience, you’ll have opportunities to influence process performance, equipment configuration, operational efficiency, and production safety. Candidates with additional expertise in SCADA/LabVIEW control systems, start-up of new chemical processes, P&IDs, process safety reviews, or SOP/batch record authorship will find even more ways to make an impact.

Qualifications and skills

•         Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering (5+ years' experience) -or-
•         MS/PhD degree in Chemical Engineering (2 + years' experience) with strong emphasis in the related discipline
•         Skilled in data analysis and problem-solving techniques necessary to perform scientific/engineering work.
•         Highly proficient with calculating and reviewing material balances for Nalas processes and products.
•         Extensive experience in the implementation and operation of chemical process equipment.
•         Highly skilled at process equipment troubleshooting with the ability to identify, fix, and adequately document process disruptions and changes.      
•         Proficiency operating and training personnel on control software such as LabVIEW and SCADA platforms.
•         Proficiency and knowledge of continuous and batch chemical operations including kinetics, mixing, heat flow and the associated process safety to design and meet production goals.
•         Proficient in generating and manipulating data, as well as computer programs such as MS Word, Excel, Power Point, outlook and literature reviews
•         Experienced in reviewing the available literature, including Nalas generated reports and batch records, to gain a better understanding of historical and current processes/methods.        

Technical Contributions

•         Identifies strategies for process optimization with an eye towards green commercial processes.
•         Experience in the startup of new chemical processes at manufacturing scale.
•         Exhibits technical and operational proficiency solving problems of increasing complexity.
•         Performs chemical engineering analysis including mass and energy balances.
•         Apply knowledge of unit operations such as reaction kinetics, crystallization, and isolation techniques toward Nalas portfolio of critical chemicals.   
•         Applies solid understanding of variance and sources of experimental error to process data.
•         Leverages and applies technical literature to solve problems
•         Experience in reviewing process safety and process development reports.
•         Experience in reviewing and updating P&ID documentation
•         Experience in the repair and maintenance of equipment
•         Experience in working in a chemical manufacturing environment
•         Knowledge of waste management, toxicity hazards and SafeBridge classifications
•         Independently author Operating Procedures and Batch Records.
•         Follow and lead the MOC process for process changes.
•         Provide training, guidance, and mentorship to operators and junior engineers

Lab Proficiency

•         Always operate in a safe and efficient manner and follows Nalas SAF Procedures.
•         Knowledgeable of waste management, toxicity hazards and SafeBridge classification.
•         Proficient with a variety of laboratory equipment (e.g., RC-1, EasyMax, ReactIR, React Raman, Easy viewer, FBRM) including basic data analysis of each discrete tool/technique (Desirable)      
•        Can complete and train others on complex equipment setups, quickly assembles laboratory equipment to conduct, evaluate and characterize chemical processes.  
•         Adept at maintaining production batch records in a manner which allows others to understand findings from each experiment, including interpretations, conclusions, and path forward for further experimentation.      
•         Anticipate potential obstacles to accurate record-keeping, such as time constraints or complex processes, and implement solutions like streamlining procedures or investing in better technology             
•         Articulate the critical role of accurate batch records in product quality, safety, regulatory compliance, and the company's overall success            

Conditions of Employment

•         US Person
•         Drug Screening
•         Background Check
•         Academic Transcript

HAZARDOUS DUTY: This role involves controlled work with chemical and energetic materials and may include trained hazardous waste and emergency response tasks