Job location:
Ploemeur
- Created moment:
January 24, 2023
- Job reference:
REQ - 06780

**The Company**:
**The Position**: Senior Process Engineer

**Job Summary**:
**JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE**

Part of a team of process engineers within the Center of Excellence of PM EMEA Business Area the Senior Process Engineer works closely with with the different stakeholders to:

- Study and develop new processes and optimising existing ones to meet New Business Opportunities, to enhance efficiency and cost competitiveness
- Improve key minerals processing knowledges

**JOB SCOPE/DIMENSIONS**

Part of the Business Area Performance Minerals EMEA Center of Excellence.

BA scope is : 80 sites in 24 countries - 3700 employees - €1.2b revenue.

Part of a team of 4 process engineers reporting to the Industrial Process Manager of the Business Area.

The position can be located in one of our Sites in Europe with extensive travels (around 40% of the time). Some possible locations: Paris/Toulouse/ in France; Par Mor in the US; Rubi in Spain, Graz in Austria, Lixhe in Belgium.

**KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Identify improvements on existing equipment or new installations in order to increase production or to improve quality, efficiency, safety and profitability.
- Find ideas to upgrade existing processes and define new ones
- Participates actively to the development of new products by bringing technical support and expertise
- Actively support the BA projects managers in production capacities designing/engineering: define and specify Process Equipment, issue Process Specifications for Inquiry.
- Develops a strong expertise in mineral processing and provides mentorship for the on-site process teams, also via technical trainings
- Provide technical clarifications to suppliers and issue Recommendation for Purchase.
- Process improvement will focus on mass balance, flow sheet optimization, equipment performance, etc. Productivity improvements will focus on debottlenecking, yield improvements, operating efficiency improvements, and product quality improvements.
- Key interfaces: S&T teams, product managers, Industrial Project Managers and other Imerys Center of Excellence Department and BA Sites.

**JOB SPECIFICATIONS**

**Education & Experience**:

- Engineer degree in process related field (Mining/Minerals Processing, Chemical, Metallurgy)
- 10 year experience in process engineering with Strong background in minerals processing

**Technical Competencies & Soft Skills**:

- Good base knowledge of the main Process Unit Operations in Minerals processing
- Extensive theoretical and practical knowledge in Thermal processes (Drying, Calcination)
- Extensive theoretical and practical knowledge in Grinding and Classification systems.
- Ability to make field measurements through specific Instrumentation (airflows, flue gas composition, etc)
- Ability to perform and understand process modelling
- Proficient knowledge in Process Safety of combustion systems (regulations, HAZOP,etc)
- Knowledge on Control and Automation
- Analytical and synthetic mindset
- Problem solving skills
- Demonstrated capabilities of reaching cost reduction and productivity by working on process improvement, development of new processes
- Good communication skills
- Cooperation mindset and openness to listen to the input from other departments and stakeholders
- Fluent English, any other European languages will be a plus

**Position Type**: Full time
and

Permanent
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