NAM JR Process Chemist

Company Description

Veolia is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation.

Within this framework, Water Tech brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy.
Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

Job Description

As a Junior Process Chemist, you will work closely together with the Manufacturing plants, Technology, Global Engineering and Regional Quality and EHS functions to support variable process chemistry activities related to high risk operations and chemical manufacturing operations. You will coordinate the NAM tolling activities for products for which Veolia does not have the in-house capabilities.

In this critical role, you’ll provide technical guidance, direction and training to plant staff and operators on process chemistry and process safety, ensuring awareness and adhesion to operational parameters and safety limits. You’ll lead and provide onsite support for new and/or improved processes, provide on-time coverage for troubleshooting, participate in root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.

Additionally, you will be responsible for supporting different new business opportunities, manufacturing process optimization, and cost-out initiatives in the business. If you like the idea of doing meaningful work with a company that’s doing big things to create a cleaner, more sustainable world for us all, here’s more!

Key Characteristics:

• Serves as regional process chemistry expert, representing global standards in meetings and projects while ensuring safety requirements and operational consistency across manufacturing sites.
• Leads tolling strategy and execution, including supplier qualification, SOP development, audits, and scale-up support to optimize cost and quality outcomes.
• Champions process safety initiatives and continuous improvement through implementation of hazardous material standards, safety programs, and lean/digital optimization methods.

Duties & Responsibilities 

• Represent Global Process Chemistry in team meetings and projects to ensure process chemistry and process safety requirements are covered from a regional point of view while ensuring consistency with global standards.
• Support Cost-out initiatives by investigating the best operational strategy, in-house production vs tolling.
• Coordinate the regional tolling activities by assembling and providing toll manufacture SOPs, conducting onsite EHS and Quality audits, and following up on completion of corrective actions. Being a critical part of the qualification team through the entire qualification process, providing guidance and support during scale-up trials, ensuring safe operation, and delivering products meeting quality expectations.
• Implement the company’s internal standards for hazardous processes (e.g. flammable materials, combustible dust handling and neutralization reactions) in cooperation with the Process Safety Chemist and support the manufacturing sites during plant upgrades.
• Implement, maintain, and improve all aspects of the company's process safety program.
• Drive and support continuous system and process improvements based on Digitization and Lean Six Sigma methodology.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge:
  • Expert understanding of process chemistry principles and global safety standards
  • Comprehensive knowledge of chemical manufacturing processes and hazardous material handling
  • In-depth understanding of quality management systems and audit procedures
  • Advanced knowledge of Lean Six Sigma methodology and digital optimization tools
  • Thorough understanding of tolling operations and supplier qualification processes
• Skills:
  • Ability to develop and implement process safety programs and protocols
  • Proficiency in conducting EHS and quality audits
  • Strong analytical skills for cost-benefit analysis and operational strategy development
  • Excellence in SOP development and documentation
  • Advanced project management capabilities
  • Skilled in digital tools and process improvement methodologies
• Abilities:
  • Capacity to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders
  • Ability to balance multip