Immediate Requirement ayt Iogen Corporation - Sr/Int Process Engineer - Enzyme

[Tom Andersen-3]

Established in the 1970s, Iogen Corporation is a world leading
biotechnology firm specializing in cellulosic ethanol - a fully
renewable, advanced biofuel that can be used in today's cars.  Iogen
also develops, manufactures and markets enzymes used to modify and
improve the processing of natural fibres within the textile, animal
feed, and pulp and paper industries.  Immediate requirements at our
Ottawa headquarters include the following:

Sr/Int Process Engineer - Enzyme

Scope:

Iogen Corporation is looking for self-motivated, enthusiastic process
engineers who are interested in applying their engineering expertise in
the development of a leading edge renewable fuels technology.

Successful candidates will become members of the engineering team
responsible for the scale-up and design of the world's first
commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant.  The role will focus on
process development, scale-up, and generating the necessary data needed
to execute a design. As well, they will support senior engineers in
activities related to the scale-up and design of the various process
operating units that comprise the commercial ethanol plant.  

Duties & Responsibilities:

* Lead or participate in the process design of fermentation plant
operation.  Key responsibilities include establishing scale-up
methodologies, managing vendor equipment trials, managing field
evaluations in current demonstration facilities, data analysis, and
process optimization.
* Assist senior engineers in conducting studies and executing
process design for capital upgrade projects.  This would include:
analysis of different process configurations, mass and energy balances,
preparation of PFDs and P&IDs, equipment specifications, HAZOP studies,
capital and operating cost estimates risk analysis, and preparation of
SOPs, start-up and commissioning and operator training.
* Assist senior engineers in managing outside consultants
responsible for preparing technology packages.
* Participate as a member of the technical cross-functional team
alongside Process R&D and Manufacturing.

 

Qualifications:

Candidates must have a B.Sc. in chemical or bio-chemical engineering and
will have three to ten years of process engineering experience,
preferably in the pharmaceutical, chemical, food, beverage or other
biotechnology/fermentation-related industries.

In addition, the following qualifications are required:

* Experience in industrial scale unit operations with an emphasis
on fermentation, propogation, solid-liquid separations, membrane
separations, mixing or solid handling.
* Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies.
* Ability to innovate in both the technology development and
process operations areas.

The following qualifications would be considered assets:

* Strong interpersonal skills.
* Process Development and scale-up experience
* Project management experience.
* Process risk analysis experience.
* Process design experience of greenfield facilities and upgrades/
debottlenecking to existing facilities
* Start-up and commissioning experience.
* Knowledge of enzyme technology and theory
* Knowledge of operational requirements and/or operational
experience
* Knowledge of utilities
* Sanitary design
* Modeling of processes

 To learn more about Iogen Corporation and to apply for this position,
please visit our website www.iogen.ca <http://www.iogen.ca/>  or to
apply directly for this position immediately follow this link :

http://tbe.taleo.net/NA1/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=IOGEN&cws=1&rid
=237

 

 

 

 


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Tom Andersen
Recruiter

Iogen Corporation
Tel: [phone] ext. 3359
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Email: mailto:Tom.Andersen@...
Web: http://www.iogen.ca/
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