About This Role
This role combines process design engineering with commissioning and start-up advisory activities, working on projects for international customers. The position suits an engineer who is flexible, curious, and committed to HSE standards.
Responsibilities
- Simulate process units to establish material and heat balances and deliver unit documentation (PFD, P&ID, MMD)
- Size equipment (pumps, reactors, columns, compressors, drums, etc.)
- Size piping and specify instruments and safety elements of the unit
- Participate in customer meetings throughout the project lifecycle
- Occasionally contribute to the development of new technologies and continuous improvement of existing solutions
- Ensure that construction and installation activities are carried out in accordance with project requirements and industry standards
- Prepare and deliver commissioning and start-up procedures and guidelines for customers and project teams
- Provide on-site technical support during commissioning and start-up phases to ensure safe, efficient, and successful project delivery
- Troubleshoot operational issues and recommend improvements to support reliable and optimized plant performance
- Monitor commissioning activities and performance testing to verify that operational objectives are achieved
- Collaborate with customers, contractors, and internal stakeholders throughout project execution and start-up activities
- Capture and share lessons learned and field feedback to support continuous improvement across projects
- Contribute to the development, maintenance, and improvement of standard commissioning and start-up documentation, tools, and best practices
Requirements
- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Bioprocess Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field
- 3 to 5 years of experience in industrial process design
- Effective communication in English
- Curious and open-minded
- Thrive in international settings and adapt quickly to collaborative, multicultural and small company mindset
- Flexible with changing schedules and willing to travel regularly
- Rigorous and result-oriented
- Remain composed under pressure and deliver pragmatic solutions
- Excellent interpersonal skills and collaborative mindset
- Strong commitment to HSE standards with high vigilance regarding safety and security
- Excellent writing skills; able to synthesize complex information into clear, concise deliverables
Benefits
- International exposure with clients and partners across 15+ countries, offering regular travel throughout Europe and opportunities for global expansion
- Strong backing from Axens Group, providing financial stability, a global network, and a long-term growth vision
- Technical excellence with full support from HydroThane's technology and engineering team for design and operation of industrial units
- Unique growth opportunity to join a dynamic and expanding business where your contribution will have a direct and visible impact
Important Details
- Locations: 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands; Rueil-Malmaison, France
- Work format: hybrid, with up to 2 days of home office per week
About the Company
Axens group provides a complete range of solutions for the conversion of oil and biomass to cleaner fuels, the production and purification of major petrochemical intermediates, the chemical recycling of plastics, all natural gas treatment and conversion options along with water treatment and carbon capture. Axens is an IFP Group company. Its subsidiary, HydroThane STP, specializes in anaerobic industrial wastewater treatment with more than 35 years of experience and a proven track record across over 170 installations in more than 35 countries.
