Principal Process Engineer

Trillium Renewable Chemicals

Principal Process Engineer

Location: Hybrid role (i.e., employee will work out of home office and travel frequently to support operations in Port Lavaca, Texas).

Trillium Renewable Chemicals is building a more sustainable future through chemistry. We have raised Seed, Series A, and Series B financing rounds and have been featured in Bloomberg, Chemical & Engineering News, won multiple Department of Energy Awards, and recently were named one of the Top 10 Startups for 2023. Our patented technology converts renewable feedstocks like glycerol to acrylonitrile, a monomer for acrylic fibers, carbon fibers, and other valuable raw materials like ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) plastic. We are building a demonstration scale plant deemed “Falcon” that will be built in 2024 and commissioned/operated in 2025. The plant will be located at INEOS Nitriles in Port Lavaca, Texas. We are looking for an experienced process engineer to support engineering activities related to the design and operation of Falcon and a first commercial plant.

Key Responsibilities

• We seek qualified candidates to own the following responsibilities:

      >>Lead engineer supporting the procurement, factory test, commissioning, and operation of Project Falcon. Candidate will provide hands-on, in-person support of Falcon operations to ensure safe, optimal equipment performance.

>>Serve as primary point of contact for Front End Loading engineering study of a first commercial plant performed by engineering design partner

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
• A minimum of seven (7) years of progressive work experience in the chemical process industry
• Familiarity with ASPEN or similar process modeling tools
• Broad process engineering competence with ability to engineer solutions for chemical processes
• Must be able to work independently
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Additional Qualifications

• Experience in scaling chemical process technology from pilot to demo/commercial scale
• Direct experience with commercial design of novel chemical process technology
• Experience with fluid bed reactor scaleup and design

Travel

The Falcon unit will be located at INEOS Nitriles, Port Lavaca, Texas. Depending on the location of the selected candidate, significant business travel will be required to the INEOS site.