Senior Sugar Technologist

**Senior Sugar Technologist**

The DSEC Senior Sugar Technologist is part of the DSEC Process Team.

The DSEC Senior Sugar Technologist Function is based on the main office in Belgium but almost 50% of the time should be dedicated to audit in factory and commissioning activities

**Mission**:
The DSEC Senior Sugar Technologist will be required to perform the following duties:
For project
- Participate in the Sugar Process Concept definition for the Sugar Plant Project
- Review, check and validate the Sugar Project Mass and Heat Balance developed with MATLAB by the process team
- Size and define the equipment considered in Sugar Plant Project
- Elaborate PD, P&ID and functional description related to the Sugar Plant Project
- Participate to project process review (Sugar Plant Project)
- Participate to pre commissioning, commissioning and start up of Sugar Plant Project

For audit
- Perform the process and energy audit of Sugar Factories
- Review the production figures, analyze the laboratory data in order to evaluate the plant operation situation
- Support the process team to develop the MATLAB model of the audited plant
- Elaborate recommendation for plant improvement
- Consolidation and redaction of the audit reports

**Experience**
- At least 10 years of experience in the field of Sugar Production
- Excellent knowledge of Extraction, Purification, Evaporation, Crystallization in terms of production follow up
- Knowledge of key figures, KPI and of the equipment operation
- Theoretical knowledge and practical know-how of the sugar process unit operations.
- Involved in implementation of new project in sugar process

**Skills**:

- Chemistry of the sugar production
- Thermodynamic and thermal engineering related to the sugar process
- Good communicator with computer skills
- Open to new approach, open to understand customer specificity

**Languages**:

- English
- French
- German is a plus
- Spanish is a plus