Senior Process Engineer

Element Solutions · Piscataway, NJ

Level: Senior
Team: Process
Base pay: $109k–$164k
Degree: Required
Experience asked: 10+ years
Industry: Chemicals
Posted: Recently

The role in 30 seconds

A senior process role at Element Solutions (chemicals) in Piscataway, NJ. Design, execute, and analyze pilot plant trials to evaluate process feasibility, scale-up risks, operating windows, material compatibility, quality impacts, and manufacturing robustness.

They ask for: 10+ years · degree required
Tools it names: Root cause, SPC, DOE, Minitab, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), PLC
Base pay: $109k–$164k

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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Process Engineer roles in New Jersey: typical posted base $105k–$125k. This one lists $109k–$164k.

Median of the low and high ends of 7 live postings that list pay, out of 14 process engineer openings in New Jersey, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 13 other live process postings in New Jersey.

Base pay: About 19% above similar roles
Experience asked: More than usual (10+ vs 5+)

Skills these teams ask for most

✓ Root cause 86%
✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 50%
✓ SPC 43%
FDA / GMP 29%
✓ New product launch 29%
Lean 29%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for EHS / safety, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 10+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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This plant: Element Solutions in Piscataway

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✓Support capital project execution, including design reviews, vendor selection, contractor coordination, factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, installation, commissioning, and startup.
✓Design, execute, and analyze pilot plant trials to evaluate process feasibility, scale-up risks, operating windows, material compatibility, quality impacts, and manufacturing robustness.
✓Develop experimental plans using sound engineering and statistical methods, including design of experiments, hypothesis testing, sampling plans, capability studies, and process validation approaches.
✓Apply statistical process control, data analytics, and process performance monitoring to identify variation, improve yield, reduce defects, and increase manufacturing consistency.
✓Analyze manufacturing data using tools such as Excel, Minitab, JMP, Python, SQL, Tableau, or equivalent platforms to support data-driven decision-making.
✓Troubleshoot complex process, equipment, quality, and scale-up issues using structured root cause analysis, engineering calculations, statistical analysis, and plant data.
✓Drive continuous improvement in throughput, cycle time, yield, quality, safety, cost, reliability, and process capability.
✓Collaborate with R&D, Operations, Quality, EH&S, Maintenance, Automation, Supply Chain, and external vendors to ensure successful technology transfer and manufacturability of new and existing products.
✓Support process automation and control strategies, including instrumentation selection, control philosophy, PLC/DCS interface requirements, data historian needs, and process monitoring requirements.
✓Lead process risk assessments, design reviews, process hazard analyses, management of change reviews, commissioning reviews, and pre-startup safety reviews as required.
✓Develop and maintain technical documentation, including engineering reports, commissioning protocols, validation protocols, operating procedures, batch records, troubleshooting guides, and training materials.

Who are You?

✓Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, Chemistry, or related discipline required; master’s degree preferred.
✓Minimum 7–10 years of experience in chemical process development, scale-up, or manufacturing.
✓Experience in designing, building, commissioning, or supporting chemical manufacturing facilities is strongly preferred.
✓Ability to develop and review engineering documentation, including PFDs, P&IDs, Plant 3D models, equipment specifications, control narratives, operating procedures, commissioning plans, and technical reports.
✓Experience supporting capital projects, equipment installation, contractor coordination, commissioning, startup, and process qualification.
✓Experience with specialty chemicals, electronic chemicals, advanced materials, batch chemical processing, reaction systems, or complex formulated products is preferred. Demonstrated expertise in reaction chemistry and complex process troubleshooting.
✓Demonstrated experience with process calculations, including mass balances, energy balances, heat transfer, fluid flow, mixing, reaction engineering, equipment sizing, pressure drop, utility sizing, and process scale-up.
✓Working knowledge of applicable engineering standards and regulatory frameworks, including API, ASME, OSHA, EPA, NFPA, and process safety management principles.
✓Professional Engineer license preferred or willingness to pursue preferred.
✓Advanced ability to perfor

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Who are we looking for?

The Senior Process Chemical Engineer is responsible for leading the design, development, scale-up, construction support, commissioning, and optimization of chemical manufacturing processes and facilities from laboratory concept through pilot plant and full-scale commercial production.

This role requires deep expertise in chemical process design, equipment design, process calculations, pilot plant development, experimentation, statistical process control, and data-driven process improvement. The engineer will serve as a senior technical leader within the Global Process Engineering Group, supporting global manufacturing operations, capital projects, new product introduction, process safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives

What will you be doing?

•Lead the design, development, scale-up, and implementation of chemical manufacturing processes from laboratory scale to pilot plant and commercial production.
•Develop and review process engineering deliverables, including process flow diagrams, P&IDs, mass balances, energy balances, heat transfer calculations, fluid flow calculations, equipment sizing, utility demand calculations, process control narratives, and operating envelopes.
•Provide technical leadership for the design and construction of chemical manufacturing facilities, including greenfield and brownfield projects, process skids, reaction systems, mixing systems, filtration systems, transfer systems, storage tanks, utility systems, and supporting infrastructure.
•Apply engineering standards and regulatory expectations, including API, ASME, OSHA, EPA, NFPA, and other applicable codes, to support safe and compliant process and equipment design.
•Support pressure relief, venting, containment, flammable vapor, hazardous material handling, and process safety evaluations in collaboration with EH&S and external engineering resources.
•Lead or support equipment design and specifications, including reactors, vessels, tanks, pumps, heat exchangers, condensers, filters, piping systems, instrumentation, control valves, relief devices, and utility equipment.
•Develop technical specifications, scopes of work, bid packages, equipment datasheets, vendor requirements, and engineering documentation for capital projects.
•Review vendor drawings, equipment submittals, fabrication packages, installation drawings, and construction documentation to ensure alignment with process