Placement Student — Chemical Engineering

Centre for Process Innovation Limited; Redcar; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative technology organization based in the UK is seeking a Chemical Engineering Placement Student to support the Process Engineering function. In this role, you'll gain hands-on experience in various engineering activities and contribute to meaningful projects. Ideal candidates are pursuing a degree in Chemical Engineering and possess strong IT skills. At CPI, you will work across diverse technologies and contribute to projects in sustainability and health. A supportive mentor will guide your development and practical experience.

Benefits

Up to 36 days holiday, including bank holidays

Life assurance and accident insurance schemes

Qualifications

• Studying towards or recently completed a degree in Chemical Engineering or related field.
• Good understanding of chemical engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with process modelling or simulation is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the process engineering function within CPI’s Materials Team.
• Assist with day-to-day engineering activities and plant operations.
• Gain hands-on experience in projects involving new designs and plant modifications.

Skills

Chemical Engineering fundamentals

IT proficiency (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook)

Process manufacturing understanding

Hands-on experience

Interpersonal skills

Enthusiasm

Education

Degree in Chemical Engineering or related field

Job description

CPI helps make great ideas and inventions areality. We’re ateam of intelligent people using advances in science and technology to solve the biggest global challenges in healthcare and sustainability.

Through our incredible people and innovation infrastructure, we collaborate with our partners in industry, academia, government, and the investment community to accelerate the development and commercialisation of innovative products.

From health technologies and pharmaceuticals to sustainable food and materials innovations, we turn the entrepreneurial spirit and radical thinking of our people and partners into incredible impact that makes our world abetter place.

Why this role is important for CPI’swork

CPI is delighted to be recruiting for two placement opportunities for individuals who will join the established and growing Process Engineering function within the Materials Team based at Sedgefield and Wilton. The team comprises seventeen Chemical Engineers who work collaboratively to develop viable novel technologies and processes. This involves solving new and complex challenges and continually finding creative ways of working.

Placement students who join the Process Engineering team will gain first-hand experience of developing and optimising laboratory, pilot and demonstration scale processes and will be using these results to support the design of full-scale commercial plants. They will also contribute to arange of desktop studies including scalability studies, preliminary Front End Engineering design (Pre-FEED), Life Cycle Assessment ( LCA ), Techno-Economic Analyses ( TEA ), mass and energy balances, flow sheeting and equipment sizing.

Our aim is to provide placement students with abroad and diverse experience, working across awide variety of technologies, industries and project types. Upon joining the team, you will be assigned asupportive mentor and given the opportunities to shadow experienced team members across multiple projects, all while undertaking meaningful work aligned with your interests, strengths, and career aspirations. You will make valuable contribution to real commercial and collaborative projects and will become an important member of theteam.

Process Engineering placement students in the past have worked on projects which include:

• Converting alab-scale batch process into alab-scale continuous process
• Visiting client sites to troubleshoot and improve their existing process
• Altering and optimising alab-based pilot plant to demonstrate the viability of anew technology
• Using lab results to inform the flow sheeting and preliminary design of apilot-scale plant
• Using client information to produce Preliminary Front-End Engineering Design for afirst-in-world recycling plant
• Assessing the commercial viability of anew process
• Validating plant cell biotechnology to unlock sustainable protein and ingredient production
• Testing manufacturing configurations for the next generation of nuclear energy
• Scaling up e‑waste recycling through disruptive deeptech
• Turning rags to riches through repolymerisation

The Role

As aChemical Engineering Placement Student, you will support the process engineering function within CPI ’s Materials Team. You’ll assist with day-to-day engineering activities and plant operations, gaining hands‑on experience in projects involving new designs, plant modifications, and operational support. This role offers aunique opportunity to apply your chemical engineering knowledge in areal-world setting and develop skills essential for acareer in process engineering.

The person we are seeking

You will be studying towards (or have recently completed adegree in Chemical Engineering or arelated field, with agood understanding of chemical engineering fundamentals, with experience applying them through university projects.

You will be proficient in IT packages such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio and Outlook.

It would be desirable for you to understand process manufacturing facilities, engineering design, or pilot‑scale operations, whether through industrial experience through placements or similar.

Experience with process modelling, simulation, or CFD .

Applicants should be enthusiastic, have effective interpersonal skills and be willing to learn gaining hands on/practical experience. The ideal candidates will be committed to, and actively seeking opportunities to develop themselves within this new and excitingrole.

These positions would suit students whose course includes asandwich year in industry, or those able to take aplacement opportunity in industry between academicyears.

The Company

At CPI we work with our partners to translate inventions into products and processes that enhance health and well‑being, protect, and improve our environment and increase productivity across industries.

With adeep understanding of innovation processes and funding, outstanding technical expertise, and industry relevant assets, we enable products and processes to be quickly and cost‑effectively brought to market. This supports the development of next‑generation manufacturing, highly skilled jobs, and economic growth for the UK .

Our partners operate across many diverse markets including pharmaceuticals, speciality chemicals, food and drink, electronics, and transportation.

What does CPI offeryou?

At CPI , we offer awide range of benefits to our employees, this includes:

• Up to 36 days holiday, including bank holidays – Plus aholiday purchasing scheme
• Life assurance and accident insurance schemes

CPI is an organisation based in the UK . Commencement of employment is conditional to demonstrating right to work in the UK , sponsorship may be available.