This role involves laboratory work and dealing with chemicals/ chemical reactions for safe scale up.

Educational Qualification and Experience

B. Tech/M. Tech in Chemical Engineering OR M.Sc Physical/ Organic chemistry with 3-5yrs of experience.

Chemical engineers who have preferably worked in Process safety,

Process development, scale-up in the batch manufacturing industry

Experience in batch manufacturing industry

(Pharmaceutical/agrochemical/chemical/specialty chemicals process industry)

Key responsibilities

Initiate chemical reaction hazards assessment for current chemical processes

Conduct experiments using calorimeters to produce quality data

Analyse and interpret the data generated for plant scale operations

Record, report and document the results from process hazard testing in the form of reports

Guide the Process Development team in identifying the chemical reaction hazards at the very early stage of process development

Actively participate in the Process Risk Assessment to identify critical scenarios for plant operation and guide the team to extrapolate process safety data to plant scale

Active member in the Incident investigation team for process related incidents





Actively participate in the PSM elements like Management of change for assessing the risks arising from chemical reactivity

Technical Competencies that you will develop

Will have a sound knowledge of what constitutes fire & explosion and chemical reaction hazards

Valuable understanding of chemistry, chemical reaction kinetics and engineering design for safe scale-up of chemical reactions and unit processes

Hands on experience on the following process hazard assessment instruments (Mettler Toledo Reaction calorimeter RC1, Mettler Toledo Differential Scanning calorimeter, THT Accelerating Rate Calorimeter, Carius tube/ Thermal screening unit) and interpretation of data for safe scale-up

Understands the key implications of process hazards data (e.g. risks of runaway reactions and thermal decomposition) during scale-up of chemical processes and any process changes that can introduce current risks

Key contributor to the Process Risk Assessment group by taking part in the PRA sessions.

Communication skills to influence the stakeholders on implementing the recommendations.

Career development into other areas of process safety Risk assessment and PSM systems.

📌 Process Safety Engineer Hyderabad
🏢 Deccan Fine Chemicals
📍 Hyderabad