PMMA Process Engineer - Italy
Pubblicato il 07-10-2026 - Trinseo in Rho
Overview
In this role you will drive process development and continuous improvement, collaborating with R&D and operations to deliver optimized processes and reliable equipment performance. You will produce specifications, balance material and utilities, and size installations while mentoring trainees. You’ll contribute to safety reviews, start-up integrity, and ongoing performance enhancements. This is a hands-on, cross-functional position that shapes process design and project execution.
Responsabilità
- Develop and improve processes; write study specifications
- Create material and utility balances for unit operation and cost clarity
- Size equipment and installations with cross-functional support
- Collaborate with R&D; to validate new processes or improvements
- Prepare PFDs, P&IDs;, process descriptions and operating manuals
- Conduct preliminary safety studies and participate in HAZOP reviews and relief device design
- Train end-users on installed equipment
- Propose lab or pilot trials based on industrial issues
- Support R&D; projects and PMMA grade industrialization
- Contribute to project lifecycle from equipment design to variable cost calculations
- Coordinate with engineering firms and validate documents; engage with suppliers
- Oversee construction phase; train engineers on projects
- Prepare Process Design Package with the technical office
- Plan test runs, sampling, and result interpretation
- Ensure timely startup with required product quality and production capacity
- Provide operations support and coordinate improvement actions
- Troubleshoot complex issues and implement corrective actions
- Implement Management of Change (MOC) processes
- Maintain process documentation for workshop and engineering projects
- Explore new technologies to boost performance or address recurrent issues
- May supervise process trainees/interns
- Support implementation of new investment projects by Technical Office
- Work with Global Manufacturing and Engineering project teams as needed
Requisiti fondamentali
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
- Proven experience in process engineering in an industrial setting
- Strong knowledge of process design, equipment sizing, and safety analysis
- Experience with PFDs, P&IDs;, and process descriptions
- Experience with safety reviews (HAZOP) and pressure relief device design
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities
- Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience with R&D; support and process optimization is a plus
- Ability to manage multiple projects in parallel and support production teams
- Fluent in English and Italian
- team collaboration
- effective communication
- problem-solving
- process design
- equipment sizing
- PFDs and P&IDs;