About the Role

Biotage is looking for a talented Chemical Process Engineer to join our manufacturing site near Cardiff. This is a hands-on, highly impactful role within our Engineering team, where you’ll play a key part in ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient production of chemistry products, including sorbents and resins, while supporting utilities and effluent systems.

You will have the opportunity to work across multiple projects, from process scale-up and optimisation to equipment commissioning and capital projects - helping drive operational excellence and continuous improvement at our site. This is a chance to take ownership, contribute to high-value projects, and grow your career in a global, innovative organisation.

What You’ll Do

• Provide technical support and oversight for chemistry production processes

• Troubleshoot production, utility, and effluent systems to ensure safe and efficient operation

• Lead or support investigations into process, quality, or equipment issues and implement solutions

• Contribute to process safety management, including HAZOPs, risk assessments, and process calculations

• Participate in equipment and process modifications through Management of Change (MoC) procedures

• Design, optimise, scale-up, and implement new or existing processes and products, including equipment selection and operator training

• Support commissioning and qualification activities (IQ/OQ/PQ) for new equipment or processes

• Manage or support CapEx projects, including planning, budgeting, and contractor coordination

• Maintain process documentation, P&IDs, drawings, and specifications

• Identify and implement process improvements and new technologies

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Chemical Engineering or a related discipline

• Relevant experience in process or production engineering within chemical manufacturing

• Understanding of chemical process systems (reactors, mixing, filtration, batch distillation)

• Experience with engineering drawings, P&IDs, and process safety techniques (HAZOP, FMEA, ATEX, DSEAR)

• Hands-on, practical, problem-solving mindset with strong ownership

We welcome candidates at various stages of their career with the qualifications and relevant experience to succeed in a hands-on, impactful engineering role.

Why Join Us

• Work on hands-on, impactful projects that directly influence site operations and product quality

• Collaborate with skilled engineers, operators, and scientists in a supportive, high-performing team

• Gain exposure to diverse technical challenges and opportunities for career growth

• Be part of a global company at the forefront of separation and purification technologies, supporting innovation across drug discovery, development, and analytical testing

About Biotage

Biotage is the Global Go-To Separations Company, providing intelligent and sustainable workflow solutions to support customers from drug discovery and development through diagnostics and analytical testing. With expertise in separation and purification technologies, we help streamline workflows and improve outcomes worldwide. Headquartered in Sweden, Biotage operates globally with approximately 700 employees serving over 80 countries.