12 month contract opportunity for a Process Engineer to provide expert technical design support and ensure the successful concept-to-commissioning delivery of complex Bioprocess systems on a significant CAPEX project.
- Key Responsibilities:
- Design Ownership & Documentation: Generate and own User Requirement Specifications (URS) for assigned bioprocess systems. You will review and approve all core design and lifecycle documentation, including the Basis of Design (BOD), PFDs, P&IDs, Functional Specifications (FS), Software Design Specifications (SDS), and I/O lists, ensuring technical accuracy and compliance with project requirements.
- Procurement & Design Compliance: Ensure all procurement packages (including BOM, datasheets, and cutsheets) meet established equipment specifications. You will also actively track and ensure HAZOP action items are effectively incorporated into the final system design.
- Safety & Model Reviews: Participate in 30%, 60%, and 90% model reviews to verify that systems meet all operational, safety, and ergonomic standards.
- Testing & Commissioning: Attend Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) for associated equipment and the automation software bench FAT, as required. You will generate comprehensive FAT, Site Acceptance Test (SAT), and commissioning protocols, and then supervise and execute the on-site SAT and commissioning activities to ensure smooth system handover. You are responsible for verifying that Vendor Document Requirements (VDR) are fully met.
- Maintenance Handover: Finalise the system by building and implementing Preventative Maintenance (PM) tasks and compiling accurate spare parts lists within the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Skills, Attributes & Experience
- BS/BEng degree in Chemical, Process, or Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
- 3 - 5+ years of related professional experience in a process engineering role.
- Strong technical understanding of process design principles, PFDs, and P&IDs.
- Direct experience with the design, specification, and commissioning of biopharmaceutical process equipment (e.g., bioreactors, purification skids, media/buffer preparation).
- Experience with design and commissioning within the highly regulated biopharmaceutical sector.
- Familiarity with DeltaV or similar distributed control systems (DCS).
