Your Role at Cabot
Provide technical leadership to and work with a team of engineers in the execution of mechanical equipment design for small and large capital projects.
Can lead engineers working on Engineering regional-scale projects or engineers working at local-level Manufacturing capital or retrofit projects.
How You Will Make an Impact
- Provide expertise in mechanical process equipment design and selection, CFD modeling, solids / powder / dispersion conveying, dosing, and handling.
- Interact with R&D, manufacturing organization and production plants to scale-up and / or develop processing equipment* Provide mechanical engineering support to variety of small to large capital projects and plant sustaining activities* Review mechanical and structural design, ASME pressure vessel calculations and equipment fabrication methods* Facilitate and / or support improvement projects, maintenance projects, and aid in process troubleshooting* Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting equipment, and instrumentation and controls problems* Lead and work with process / instrumentation engineers to investigate and develop new equipment and technologies to improve production and control processes* Support cost estimates of Capex and Opex* Participate in the evaluation and selection of mechanical process equipment, external engineering firms and vendors* Work on cost reduction projects and collaborate with procurement to ensure good supply assurance (reliable flow of raw material supply through the production cycle)* Support plant manufacturing operations as needed by providing technical expertise* Lead / support Process Hazard Analysis for new and existing equipment* Develop and implement quality, safety, and process improvements
What You Will Bring to Cabot
Strong knowledge in batch and continuous solid / gas reactors design (fluid bed, moving bed reactor, rotating kiln, agitator, etc.
is required* Experience in two phase (solid / particulate) Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling is highly desired* Strong knowledge with carbon nano technologies and battery materials manufacturing is a plus* Experience with wet milling technologies, including media milling, bead milling, high shear dispersion and homogenizing* Solid knowledge solids transport methods (pneumatic and mechanical conveying, storage silo design) is preferred* Experience with scaling up and commercializing emerging chemical process technologies is a plus* Strong engineering execution knowledge and experience to lead technical developments in cross-functional teams.
Self-starter; excellent management and organizational skills* Self-sufficient. Works independently on a regular basis based on the tasks and responsibilities required for the technical development execution of early phase capital projects.
- Demonstrates solid ability to recognize and recommend new or improved techniques and processes* Ability to formulate and present ideas in a convincing and persuasive manner; give technical advice.
- May require regional or international travel
- MS or Ph.D in Mechanical, Civil or Structural Engineering, or related discipline with 10+ years of related experience* Strong experience in capital 6-phase development process* Experience of working with FEED / EPC / EPCm firms is desired
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