Lead Process Engineer

Lead Process Engineer focuses on leading the build, commissioning and development of pilot plant assets, owning delivery end-to-end.

What the role involves

• Leading the build, commissioning and development of pilot plant assets, owning delivery end-to-end.
• Communicate technical progress, risks and decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Ensure scale-up decisions are data-driven, robust and future-proofed for full-scale deployment.
• Driving continuous improvement in process performance, reliability and efficiency.
• Review process engineering documentation (PFDs, P&IDs, mass and energy balances, equipment specifications).
• Act as the technical authority on process design decisions.

Skills and requirements

• Significant experience in process engineering within industrial environments (e.g. chemicals, materials, pharma).
• Proven track record of leading scale-up, plant build or commissioning programmes.
• Experience working across different stages of scale (lab to pilot to production).
• People leadership experience, with the ability to develop.

Confirmed role details

• Develop a multi-disciplinary engineering team.

Candidate fit

• technical judgement, safe working habits, careful diagnostics, and practical problem-solving

Additional role context

• CT19 is working with an emerging cleantech organisation focused on advancing sustainable solutions for complex materials.