Process Technology Engineer Chemist

Responsibilities – How will you help us grow?

As a Process Technology Engineer / Chemist within Process Science & Technology you will play a crucial role in Corteva’s success. As a regional subject matter expert in India, you will be managing the chemistry and manufacturing technology of one or several of our commercial active ingredients. With a wide spectrum of responsibilities, you serve as a link between Global R&D and other critical regional functions such as External manufacturing, Procurement, Analytical and collaborating with internal and external partners to ensure successful technology implementation. You will further be responsible for improving and innovating existing technologies as well as implementing novel technologies for new active ingredients to increase production yield, reduce manufacturing costs, and improve plant operability and reliability.

Role Description

In this role, Process Technology Chemist/Engineer utilizes chemistry knowledge, engineering skills, product development experience and advanced problem-solving techniques to improve the manufacturing process for existing molecules and intermediates, troubleshooting process issues and to transfer existing or new technologies to new manufacturing plants.

This person is a subject matter expert (SME) in chemistry and process technology / engineering for a specific molecule or portfolio of molecules along with their key intermediates. This person is the primary link between Global R&D and a

manufacturing plant for that molecule.

Specific Accountabilities

• Technology Stewardship: Owner and subject-matter expert of the Technology Documentation for the molecule and its intermediates.
• Production Support: Lead, Manage and Support manufacturing technology of one or multiple Corteva commercial active ingredients and address production issues.
• Technology transfer and startup support: Reduce production startup risk through well-executed technology transfers (lab-to-plant or site-to-site) and process reviews (as applicable).
• Responsible for continuous and step-change improvement to improve technology to reduce the cost of manufacturing such as yield improvement, cycle time reduction, solvent recovery and recycling, qualification of low-cost raw materials etc.
  
  

• Technology Transfer & Launch Support:
• Early engagement with Process R&D to ensure development of scalable and manufacturing processes and participate in Process Peer Reviews
• Lead technology transfer to identified manufacture partners for successful implementation technology at pilot and commercial scale
• Review documents from manufacturing plants such as PFD, P&IDs, PHA, mass balances, etc. to identify gaps for smooth technology transfer.
• Provide technology input into development of manufacturing supply strategy (site selections)
• Continuous Improvement / Optimization
• Proactively identify and deliver value creation and technology improvement opportunities (e.g. yield / capacity increase, cost /waste / cycle time reduction, etc.)
• Participate in the plant technology improvement work process to support the identification, characterization, and evaluation of improvement opportunities.
• Support / Lead the implementation of technology improvement projects through lab, pilot and scale-up work and process technology expertise.
• Document / review / implement the Technology Improvement Plan for active ingredients and intermediates
• Develop the test plan and lead raw material qualification
• May support the assessment of technical feasibility for alternative routes to active ingredients and intermediates
• Support Existing Production
• Leverage technical expertise to support quality incident and plant upset investigation and correction
• Provide technical information to support product specification change and regulatory documentation/changes
• Lead and execute research projects to fill business objectives.
• Own / maintain / update Technology Documentation for active ingredient and intermediates.
• Technology Packages for different purposes (PTM, RFI, RFP, RFQ)
• Documents research projects in reports (NetDoc reports)
• Document and share learnings broadly with R&D, Manufacturing, etc.
• Provide improvement recommendations during pre-campaign planning
• Understand, collect and document campaign improvements (Vendor campaign reports)
• Understand Intellectual Property, competitive intelligence landscape and regulatory impact, and identifies opportunities for IP protection and generic defense strategy
• Remains current with literature to assure that the latest technology is either being implemented, or at least, evaluated/ understood.
  

• Master’s in chemical engineering.
• PhD in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering is beneficial.
• A solid knowledge of organic synthesis theory and/ or chemical engineering principles.
• Greater than 5 years’ work experience in process development and/or production support is preferred.