INDUSTRIAL PROCESS SOLUTION ARCHITECT

INDUSTRIAL PROCESS SOLUTION ARCHITECT

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Employment type: Full-time

Workplace: On-site / Customer Sites

Indicative salary: AED 24,000–35,000 per month

Travel: UAE and GCC

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 & 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐄

Palomba General Trading LLC is seeking an experienced Industrial Process Solution Architect to support technically complex manufacturing projects across the UAE and wider GCC.

The role is designed for someone capable of entering a customer facility, understanding the manufacturing process, identifying the real production problem and translating it into a structured technical brief for specialist equipment manufacturers and engineering teams.

This is not a conventional sales, product-management or design-engineering position.

The role sits between:

• customer discovery;
• process engineering;
• application engineering;
• industrial problem solving;
• technical-commercial qualification.

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞

Industrial customers rarely begin with a perfect technical specification.

They usually begin with statements such as:

• “Our batches are inconsistent.”
• “We need more capacity.”
• “Cleaning takes too long.”
• “We lose product during transfer.”
• “The powder does not blend properly.”
• “We need another mixer.”
• “We need to automate the line.”

The Industrial Process Solution Architect must determine what the real process problem is before a machine, configuration or technology is proposed.

The role therefore begins with:

process discovery

and ends with:

an engineering-ready problem definition.

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

• Conduct structured customer process-discovery meetings.
• Visit manufacturing facilities.
• Map existing production processes.
• Identify operational bottlenecks.
• Identify quality and consistency issues.
• Analyse current equipment.
• Understand material behaviour.
• Define target process outcomes.
• Identify missing technical data.
• Prepare engineering-ready application briefs.
• Coordinate technical handover to equipment manufacturers.
• Support selection of relevant technology families.
• Evaluate alternative process approaches.
• Support trials and pilot-work planning.
• Assist with technical RFQ development.
• Support project-scoping meetings.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary technical discussions.
• Maintain process-discovery documentation.
• Support commercial teams during complex technical opportunities.
• Help identify adjacent improvement opportunities within the same production line.

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲

The role should be capable of structuring customer discussions around six fundamental areas.

1. Product

• What is being manufactured?
• What are the raw materials?
• What are the phases?
• What is the solids content?
• What is the viscosity?
• What is the bulk density?
• Is the product temperature-sensitive?
• Is it shear-sensitive?

2. Current Process

• What equipment is currently used?
• What is the process sequence?
• Where is the bottleneck?
• What is not working?
• What has changed?

3. Target Output

• Required throughput
• Batch size
• Homogeneity
• Particle size
• Texture
• Stability
• Yield
• Cycle time

4. Hygiene & Containment

• CIP / SIP
• Dry cleaning
• Allergen changeover
• cGMP
• Dust containment
• ATEX
• Product-contact requirements

5. Site & Integration

• Utilities
• Available footprint
• Feeding
• Discharge
• Controls
• Upstream equipment
• Downstream equipment

6. Project Reality

• New line or retrofit?
• Budget stage
• Project timing
• Decision makers
• Trial requirements
• FAT requirements
• Validation requirements

This structure directly reflects the technical qualification discipline already defined for PGT industrial projects. Proc-X_PGT_Business_Development…

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠

The candidate may map complete production sequences such as:

Raw-material intake

→ weighing

→ dosing

→ transfer

→ mixing

→ milling

→ intermediate storage

→ filling

→ inspection

→ packaging

The objective is to identify:

• constraints;
• interfaces;
• delays;
• hold-up;
• product loss;
• unnecessary handling;
• process risk.

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠

Relevant discussions may include:

• blending;
• segregation;
• particle-size distribution;
• cohesion;
• flowability;
• powder charging;
• dosing;
• transfer;
• dust generation;
• discharge.

𝐋𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝 & 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠

Relevant applications may include:

• dispersion;
• dissolution;
• homogenisation;
• emulsification;
• vacuum processing;
• heating;
• cooling;
• high-viscosity mixing.

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞-𝐒𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬

The candidate may support applications involving:

• milling;
• pulverisation;
• deagglomeration;
• micronisation;
• size reduction;
• particle-size control.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠

Relevant technologies may include:

• extrusion;
• continuous feeding;
• continuous mixing;
• continuous solids handling.

𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

A key part of the position is translating customer language into engineering language.

Examples:

Customer: “The product changes from batch to batch.”

Possible engineering questions:

• Is mixing time consistent?
• Is ingredient addition controlled?
• Is segregation occurring?
• Is viscosity affecting mixing?
• Is the discharge creating variability?

Customer: “Production is too slow.”

Possible causes:

• long charging time;
• inadequate mixer capacity;
• slow discharge;
• cleaning downtime;
• milling bottleneck;
• filling bottleneck.

Customer: “We have too much product loss.”

Potential areas:

• equipment hold-up;
• transfer losses;
• poor discharge;
• dust extraction;
• cleaning losses;
• piping design.

The role exists to make sure commercial teams do not enthusiastically solve the wrong problem.

𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞

The Process Solution Architect may work across:

• industrial mixers;
• high-shear mixers;
• homogenisers;
• mills;
• pulverisers;
• powder blenders;
• feeders;
• dosing systems;
• pneumatic conveying;
• vacuum transfer;
• extruders;
• dryers;
• filling systems;
• inspection systems;
• integrated production lines.

𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

Relevant applications may include:

Pharmaceutical

• oral solid dosage;
• powders;
• liquids;
• semisolids.

Nutraceutical

• premixes;
• supplements;
• powder blends;
• functional products.

Food

• dairy;
• confectionery;
• sauces;
• flavours;
• ingredient systems;
• nut pastes.

Cosmetics & Personal Care

• creams;
• gels;
• emulsions;
• lotions;
• shampoos.

Specialty Ingredients

• botanical extracts;
• powders;
• natural ingredients;
• specialty chemicals.

𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞

The ideal candidate is technically strong but also exceptionally good at asking questions.

Suitable backgrounds may include:

• Senior Application Engineer
• Process Engineer
• Process Consultant
• Technical Sales Engineer
• Process Technology Manager
• Senior Project Engineer
• Application Manager
• Industrial Solutions Engineer

The strongest profile will combine:

process knowledge + customer understanding + systems thinking + technical communication.

𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in:

• Chemical Engineering
• Process Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Food Engineering
• Pharmaceutical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering

or a closely related technical discipline.

Minimum 7 years of relevant industrial experience preferred.

Strong experience with industrial process equipment.

Customer-facing technical experience required.

Ability to understand complete manufacturing processes rather than isolated machines.

Experience conducting technical discovery or application qualification.

Ability to interpret:

• process-flow diagrams;
• P&IDs;
• equipment specifications;
• process data.

Strong technical writing skills.

Excellent English.

Availability for regular UAE and GCC travel.

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

Particularly relevant experience includes:

• application engineering;
• process engineering;
• mixing technology;
• powder processing;
• milling;
• bulk handling;
• process integration;
• industrial consulting;
• process-equipment manufacturing.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫

Full-time position based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Indicative fixed salary:

AED 24,000–35,000 per month, depending on relevant technical experience.

Additional package may include:

• performance-related bonus;
• private medical insurance;
• annual flight allowance;
• UAE employment and visa support where applicable;
• GCC project travel.

The successful candidate will participate directly in technically demanding industrial projects and work with international process-equipment manufacturers and major manufacturing customers.

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐋𝐂

Palomba General Trading LLC is a UAE-based international trading and business-development company active across GCC and European markets.

PGT develops technical and commercial cooperation between specialised international manufacturers and industrial customers across pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, food, cosmetics, specialty ingredients and industrial process technologies.

PGT's role includes market access, process discovery, technical qualification, manufacturer coordination and commercial development.