What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Polymer Derivatization Engineer position at IFF?
Job Summary
It’s an exciting time to be part of the IFF family. The combination of IFF and DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences unites us to form a global leader in taste, scent, nutrition and biosciences, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy.
This Polymer Derivatization Lead Engineer position will join the Health and Biosciences business division (formerly DuPont). He / she will be one of the key members in Designed Enzymatic Biomaterials™ product development, at the junction between discovery and manufacturing.
Responsibilities :
- Lead the design, development, and optimization of polymer derivatization processes.
- Conduct hands on small-scale syntheses in the laboratory to generate new derivatized polymers for performance and stability studies.
- Maintain and operate high-pressure reactors, ensuring proper maintenance of equipment.
- Coordinate and enable execution of pilot-scale campaigns to produce representative materials for regulatory and commercialization purposes.
- Evaluate the feasibility of scaling the technology and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate experimental and pilot-scale data into commercial-scale processes.
- Solve complex engineering problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors to get to the root cause(s).
- Provide technical guidance and expertise in identifying and troubleshooting polymer derivatization process problems.
- Actively participate in the execution of scale-up / scale-down methodology for polymer derivatization processes, including design and analysis of experiments.
- Handle hazardous chemicals and perform hazard analyses, ensuring process safety and proper documentation. Actively participate in safety reviews, HAZOP processes, and ensure compliance with environmental regulations and IFF safety standards.
- Work collaboratively with functional group leaders and team members to enable efficient execution of projects’ objectives.
- Work as an individual contributor to conduct experiments and advance projects. Pursue novel technical ideas aligned with delivering business impact.
- Contribute to chemistry and process improvement efforts through different methodologies, such as supporting the implementation of screenings and small-scale assays.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers and team members.
- Document experiments, deliver technical presentations, and generate progress, technical, legal, and / or regulatory reports.
- Increase level of professional expertise of self and team through scientific literature and network contacts.
- Identify shortcomings in existing research procedures and systems and propose solutions to address them.
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