Engineering · Contract
Recruitment agency · Gramian Consulting Group KenyaChemical Engineering Task Lead - AI Training & Evaluation
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Role overview
Gramian Consultancy is hiring a Chemical Engineering Task Lead for a contract role based in Kenya. This senior position suits experienced chemical engineers with advanced technical skills who can lead a team in developing AI training tasks that simulate real chemical engineering problems.
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What you will do
- Lead and mentor a team of 5 to 10 technical trainers to ensure quality and timely delivery of engineering tasks.
- Review and validate engineering tasks including problem statements, reaction kinetics, thermodynamics, and process flowsheets.
- Ensure tasks reflect realistic chemical engineering workflows requiring multi-step technical reasoning.
- Verify mass and energy balances, thermodynamic consistency, numerical accuracy, and solver convergence in tasks.
- Validate computational models and simulation results for reproducibility and accuracy.
- Review automated grading systems to ensure meaningful assessment of engineering outputs.
- Provide technical feedback, track revisions, onboard trainers, allocate assignments, and maintain documentation and best practices.
Requirements
- Hold a PhD, postdoctoral experience, or equivalent advanced expertise in Chemical Engineering.
- Have strong programming skills in Python, Julia, C/C++, or MATLAB/Octave.
- Be proficient in Linux and command-line environments.
- Possess hands-on experience in at least one major area such as process modeling, reaction kinetics, thermodynamic modeling, process simulation, or optimization.
- Have a strong understanding of chemical engineering fundamentals, numerical methods, computational modeling, and technical validation.
- Experience reviewing complex technical work, chemical process simulations, computational models, or research outputs.
- Ability to evaluate mass and energy balances, thermodynamic assumptions, numerical accuracy, solver convergence, and computational reliability.
- Demonstrate strong analytical judgment to identify technical errors and flawed engineering assumptions.
- Have experience mentoring, reviewing, or leading small technical teams.
- Have excellent written English communication skills for precise technical feedback and documentation.
How to apply
Apply through the employer's official contact by sending your application as instructed. The employer has not published a closing date.