Engineering · Contract
Recruitment agency · Gramian Consulting Group KenyaChemical Engineer with PhD (AI Evaluation)
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Role overview
Gramian Consultancy is hiring a Chemical Engineering Expert for a remote contract role based in Kenya. This position is ideal for someone with a PhD in Chemical Engineering who has experience leading technical teams and validating complex engineering tasks for AI training and evaluation.
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What you will do
- Lead and guide a team of 5 to 10 technical trainers to ensure high quality and timely task delivery.
- Review engineering tasks thoroughly, including problem statements, reaction kinetics, thermodynamic data, process flowsheets, computational environments, reference solutions, and automated tests.
- Validate tasks covering reaction engineering, thermodynamics, phase equilibria, transport phenomena, separation processes, process simulation, process control, optimization, combustion, and electrochemical engineering.
- Ensure tasks represent authentic chemical engineering workflows requiring detailed multi-step technical reasoning.
- Check mass and energy balances, thermodynamic consistency, property data, unit handling, numerical accuracy, and solver convergence.
- Validate computational models and simulation results for reproducibility, including stiff ODE/DAE solvers, tolerances, and initial conditions.
- Review automated graders to confirm they assess meaningful engineering outputs such as conversion, yield, purity, energy consumption, and process constraints.
- Identify and address technical inaccuracies, unrealistic assumptions, incorrect tolerances, and potential shortcuts in engineering calculations.
- Provide clear technical feedback, track revisions, and ensure all issues are resolved before task approval.
- Onboard trainers, assign tasks, monitor quality and throughput, resolve technical issues, and maintain documentation and best practices.
Requirements
- PhD degree in Chemical Engineering is mandatory.
- Postdoctoral experience or equivalent advanced technical expertise in Chemical Engineering.
- Programming experience in languages such as Python, Julia, C/C++, or MATLAB/Octave.
- Familiarity with Linux and command-line interfaces.
- Practical expertise in at least one key area like process modeling, reaction kinetics, thermodynamic modeling, process simulation, or optimization.
- Deep knowledge of chemical engineering principles, numerical methods, computational modeling, and technical validation.
- Experience reviewing complex technical work including chemical process simulations and computational models.
- Ability to assess mass and energy balances, thermodynamic assumptions, numerical accuracy, solver convergence, and computational reliability.
- Strong analytical skills to detect technical errors, edge cases, and flawed engineering assumptions.
- Experience in mentoring, reviewing, or leading small technical teams.
- Excellent written communication skills for detailed technical feedback and documentation.
How to apply
Apply through the employer's official contact. The employer has not published a closing date.