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