Process Engineer

• Permanent full-time contract (CDI) based on 213 working days per year, including the annual solidarity day.
• Executive status (Cadre), coefficient 400 under the Chemical Industries Collective Bargaining Agreement (CCN).
• Start date: As soon as possible.
• Annual salary: EUR 60,000-EUR 70,000 depending on experience and profile.
• November bonus equivalent to 50% of one monthly base salary, pro-rated according to time worked during the year.
• Remote working: 24 days per year.

Why Are We Recruiting?

As part of its growth and sustainability strategy, a global industrial company is investing in a new activated carbon reactivation and recycling facility in Vierzon. The Process Engineer will play a key role in commissioning, optimization, and the future development of two production sites in Vierzon.

Role Overview

This highly autonomous position is suited to an engineer who enjoys working in a collaborative, agile, people-sized organization. The successful candidate will act as a true project owner, from design through implementation, commissioning, and handover to operations.

The role combines process engineering, operational support, continuous improvement, and project management across two industrial sites.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide process engineering expertise to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations.
• Monitor and optimize process performance, productivity, quality, and operating costs.
• Lead root cause analyses and troubleshooting activities.
• Participate in the commissioning and ramp-up of the new reactivation facility.
• Lead continuous improvement, energy efficiency, Lean Manufacturing, and 5S initiatives.
• Manage or support CAPEX projects across both industrial sites.
• Coordinate suppliers, contractors, engineering firms, and internal teams.
• Train operators and ensure effective transfer of technical knowledge.
• Conduct technology monitoring, evaluate alternatives to existing equipment to improve processes, and develop new project opportunities.

About the Company and Culture

The employer is a global leader in activated carbon solutions serving the water treatment, air purification, industrial processing, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and environmental sectors. Its culture emphasizes passion, agility, collaboration, ethics, sustainability, continuous learning, inclusion, integrity, accountability, and professional growth.

Recruitment Process

• Initial interview via Microsoft Teams.
• On-site interview with the EMEA Operations Director, Plant Manager, and Human Resources Manager.
• A site tour is included during the final interview.
• A decision will be communicated within 15 days following the interview.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, or an equivalent discipline.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in the chemical industry.
• Proven experience in process optimization, troubleshooting, and performance improvement.
• Experience commissioning industrial facilities.
• Demonstrated experience managing CAPEX projects.
• Experience with solids handling, thermal processes, recycling, regeneration, or gas treatment is highly desirable.

Skills

• Fluent French and professional-level English.
• Autonomy, accountability, entrepreneurial mindset, and stakeholder management.
• Problem-solving and continuous improvement.
• Energy efficiency.
• Lean Manufacturing and 5S methodologies.