Process Engineering Project Technical Leader - Microelectronics

About the role

The Process Engineering Project Technical Leader - Microelectronics plays a critical role in designing and implementing water, wastewater, and reclaim treatment solutions for the microelectronics industry. They work closely with a team of Process Engineers to develop comprehensive flow sheets and ensure that all deliverables meet quality and schedule requirements.

Responsibilities

• Align a team of Process Engineers working together on a flow sheet to a strategy (including influent design basis, safety factors, handling of flow variations, how to meet the customer’s needs, how to win against the competition), a list of deliverables, and a schedule, and ensure that all process deliverables meet quality and schedule for the project.

• Lead the design of complete water, wastewater, or waste treatment solutions (flow sheet, unit processes, process parameters) that will meet the customer’s requirements for a given influent and required effluent stream qualities using various in-house and industry design tools, acting as the leader for a team of Process Engineers providing technical expertise on specific portions of the overall flowsheet.

• Apply advanced treatment technologies including biological treatment, ammonia removal, solids separation, low- and high-pressure membrane treatment (ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis - conventional and high-pH), ion exchange, UV treatment, and gas-transfer membrane processes to meet the stringent requirements specific to the microelectronics industry.

• Own the overall Process Flow Diagram (PFD), associated flow tables or mass balance, and overall process guarantees, including management of the interconnections between unit processes and consideration of any impacts of one unit process on upstream or downstream unit processes, with input from the Process Engineers on the team.

• Engage in piloting and benchmarking and treatability studies as part of design, commissioning, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of UPW treatment solutions.

• Serve as a lead technical contact with our customers, building partnership relationships, and representing the team of Process Engineers working on the flow sheet together.

• Identify and support management of technical risks related to the treatment process (flow sheet, unit processes, achievement of outputs), including compiling the risks throughout the flow sheet in collaboration with the Process Engineers on the project team.

• Troubleshoot technical issues using data and observations.

• Understand relevant regulations and liaise with regulatory agencies as needed.

• Own and be accountable for the success of assigned projects throughout project development as measured by achieving treatment requirements (successful operation) and customer satisfaction through proactive communication, collaboration, and leadership of corrective action management, in collaboration with the team of Process Engineers on the project.

• Provide training and 1:1 coaching to members of the Process Engineering team.

Qualifications

• Knowledge, Skills And Abilities:

  • Ability to design complete integrated water, wastewater, or waste treatment solutions, including preliminary design of associated tanks, rotating equipment, piping, instrumentation, and controls.
  • Ability to integrate multiple main unit operations (e.g. clarifier, MBR, RO, thermal) into a single flow sheet with consideration of recycle streams, flow variations, and a range of influent qualities.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills.
  • Exceptionally strong oral and written communication skills in English for customer facing communication (including presentations) as well as internal collaboration and influence.
  • Proactive organization and time management.
  • Excellent computer skills (i.e., Excel, Word and PowerPoint and Google Suite analogues).
  • Ability to exercise good judgement under changing conditions.
  • Critical and creative thinking, and ability to evaluate among numerous options.
  • Data analysis.
  • Effective troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

• Required Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor or advanced degree in an Engineering field – Environmental, Chemical, or Mechanical preferred, or other technical discipline with a combination of process design and hands-on microelectronics water and wastewater treatment system experience.
  • 10+ years of related experience, preferably process engineering specific, with an emphasis in process design and/or operation of water, wastewater or waste treatment.
  • Demonstrated experience with UPW, wastewater, and reclaim treatment processes and system design/operation for the microelectronics industry.
  • Leadership experience or demonstrated leadership competency to connect people, set and communicate a vision, align and inspire a team towards an objective, train/coach/mentor others, and confidently make effective decisions with limited information under evolving conditions.