Chemical Engineer

Trifed Nigeria Limited was incorporated in1998 as a spin-off from its parent company, Genesis Worldwide Shipping (GWS), the ship owning/vessel chartering arm of the corporate group, to offer an integrated, one-stop shop to consumers in the downstream sector of the Nigerian Petroleum marketing industry.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Chemical Engineer
Job Location: Lagos
Main Responsibilities
Your daily activities will be extremely diverse and largely depend on the role and the sector in which you work. In general, tasks include:

• Working closely with process chemists and control engineers to ensure the process plant is set up to provide maximum output levels and efficient running of the production facility
• Designing, installing and commissioning new production plants, including monitoring developments and troubleshooting
• Optimising production by analysing processes and compiling de-bottleneck studies
• Applying new technologies
• Designing plant and equipment configuration so that they can be readily adapted to suit the product range and the process technologies involved, taking environmental and economic aspects into account
• Setting up scale-up and scale-down processes including appropriate changes to equipment design and configuration
• Assessing options for plant expansion or reconfiguration by developing and testing process simulation models
• Researching new products from trial through to commercialisation and improving product lines
• Ensuring that potential safety issues related to the project operator, the environment, the process and the product are considered at all stages.

Examples of work activities in specific sectors include:

• Undertaking small and intermediate-scale manufacturing and packaging activities in pharmaceutical product development for clinical trial purposes
• Developing new methods of safe nuclear energy production, including projects such as conceptual design, simulation and construction of test rigs, and detailed design and operations support.

Required Qualifications

• You will need to have studied at Masters level, either completing a four-year MEng in Chemical Engineering or a BEng followed by the relevant Masters:
  • Applied Chemistry
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Biochemical/Process Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Polymer Science/Technology.
• A HND or foundation degree in the Physical or applied Sciences may be accepted. You will also need to complete further qualifications if you wish to become chartered.

Skills:
You will need to show:

• An understanding of engineering principles and mathematics
• An aptitude for, and interest in chemistry
• A careful and methodical approach with good attention to detail
• Commercial and business awareness
• Project management skills
• Resource management skills
• Oral and written communication skills
• Analytical and problem-solving ability
• The ability to work as part of a team
• The capacity to motivate and lead a team
• Strong IT skills
• Creativity and innovation.