Polycarbonate Technology Expert

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Healthtech • Biotech • Manufacturing
The Role
The Polycarbonate Process Technology Expert will optimize plant performance, support operations, and lead projects aimed at developing sustainable production processes for polycarbonate materials. Responsibilities include conducting feasibility studies, delivering innovative solutions, and providing consultancy and troubleshooting expertise globally.
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We are Covestro. We are curious. We are courageous. We are colorful. We refined Chemical material solutions with game-changing products. Let us empower you to push boundaries. Join us and our 18.150 colleagues now and together we will make the world a brighter place.  

WHAT WE OFFER

The Process Technology group function is at the heart of Covestro’s process technologies and unit operations. Our team of technology enthusiasts strives to continuously improve Covestro’s competitiveness and serve our customer’s needs. We drive efficiency and reliability of manufacturing processes  as well as the rapid scale-up and commercialization of new products. Covestro‘s „fully circular“ vision becomes reality by our developments for break-through carbon neutral production processes.

We are looking for a Polycarbonate Process Technology Expert for our group “Process Technology Development” in the Technology Center Polycarbonates, TPU & Films, who shares both our passion for process technology and our curiosity for developing new, sustainable processes for the future. Polycarbonate is a high-performance tough, amorphous and transparent thermoplastic polymer and offers a unique combination of properties like high impact strength and dimensional stability.

  • In your new position, you are a global oriented Process Technology Expert for Polycarbonate located in Antwerp. You optimize plant performance and support production operation and asset management. You work in international teams on local and international studies and projects.
  • By continuously collecting know-how and improving technical knowledge you deliver state-of-the-art innovative solutions: you perform conceptual designs and feasibility studies and you develop new sustainable, more efficient processes by scale-up in guiding lab and pilot plant studies towards a production scale design with focus on our circular economy vision.
  • On the basis of your process know-how you supply process technology input in global small and large scale engineering projects. You cooperate with internal and external know how and  equipment suppliers.
  • Providing process technology expertise and consultancy to Polycarbonate  production globally and proposing quick solutions in troubleshooting is an essential part of your role.

WHAT YOU OFFER

  • You have a master degree in chemical engineering / process technology or you have comparable relevant prior long-term experience in this field.
  • You have a broad and elaborate technical knowledge and know-how in common process unit operations. You are skilled in process flow sheeting as well as modelling and simulation of processes.
  • You are a team player and have a track record of working cross functionally and globally.
  • You are able to correctly analyze problems, think independently and develop imaginative and unique solutions to problems. You persist despite opposition and obstacles, and you express ideas and information in a clear, concise and understandable manner.
  • You have an excellent command of the English and have the willingness to learn the Dutch language

YOUR APPLICATION
Are you as curious, courageous and colorful as we are? If so, we can offer you an exciting career opportunity. We look forward to receiving your application including a cover letter, resume/CV, and relevant certificates. Become part of our Team - apply now!

Contact Us

Email: [email protected]

Covestro welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of racial or ethnic origin, skin color, nationality, religion, philosophy, gender, age, disability, appearance or sexual identity. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.

Top Skills

Chemical Engineering
The Company
Leverkusen,
10,247 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Covestro is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality polymer materials and their components. With its innovative products, processes and methods, the company helps enhance sustainability and the quality of life in many areas. Covestro supplies customers around the world in key industries such as mobility, building and living, as well as the electrical and electronics sector. In addition, polymers from Covestro are also used in sectors such as sports and leisure, cosmetics and health, as well as in the chemical industry itself.

The company is committed to becoming fully circular and is striving to become climate neutral by 2035 (scope 1, 2 and 3). Covestro generated sales of EUR 14.4 billion in fiscal 2023. At the end of 2023, the company had 48 production sites worldwide and employed approximately 17,500 people (calculated as full-time equivalents).

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