Process Engineer – Fine/Specialty Chemicals

About Lifecycle Insights

Lifecycle Insights is an independent research and insights firm. We publish data-driven research and guidance to help engineering organizations develop better, more sustainable products — and we're currently recruiting industry experts to participate in our research on batch changeover practices in fine and specialty chemicals manufacturing.

We're looking to speak with Process Engineers, Senior Process Engineers, Chemical Process Engineers, or Process Development Engineers who live close to the chemistry — owning recipe integrity, scale translation, and the technical handoff from R&D to production. If you're the person in your organization who knows exactly where a batch process breaks down during changeover or new product introduction, we want to hear from you.

Who We're Looking to Interview

Our research focuses on batch production (not continuous process) in fine or specialty chemical environments. Strong candidates will:

• Work directly with batch recipes in a fine or specialty chemicals setting
• Have been involved in new product introduction or recipe revision within the past 12 months
• Have active batch changeover activity — NPI, recipe revision, or multi-product campaigns on shared equipment
• Work for a company with $50M+ in revenue, with direct production accountability (owner-operator preferred)

What Participation Looks Like

This is a paid research participation engagement — straightforward and low-commitment. Here's how it works:

• One-hour remote interviews conducted via Zoom on a scheduled basis
• Your insights inform our independent research. What you share is one of many inputs we use to develop our own perspective — your views will not be attributed to you or shared directly with clients
• Paid hourly for each interview you complete
• No disruption to your current role. Keep your job (or your retirement) — this is purely supplemental. Our conversations focus on industry trends, processes, and practices, never anything specific to your employer
• Starts with a brief fit conversation to make sure the engagement works for both parties before any agreement is signed

About Lifecycle Insights

We are a research firm, not a consulting or staffing company. Our mission is to produce independent, data-driven insights that help engineering organizations improve. We work with integrity — our research perspectives are formed internally, drawing on expert interviews as one input among many.

If you have deep, hands-on experience with batch processes and an interest in contributing to serious industry research, we'd love to connect.