Location: Boston, MA
Ideal Candidate: Flow Cytometry; Sales experience in immunology, hematology or flow cytometry related products.

Qualifications: A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a Biology or other scientific discipline.  A minimum of 2 years hands of laboratory experience.  A valid driver’s license.
Ability to travel a minimum of 50%

The Account Manager is responsible to maintain and establish growth of the current Academic, Biotech, and Clinical Market customer base. Primary responsibilities also include developing and creating new business opportunities through promoting the reagent portfolio, working strategically  with their Instrument Sales Specialist, Phama Business Development Manager, and Distribution Representatives.  The Account Manager will actively seek to convert competitive business in assigned territory leading to increased revenues for the company. The Account Manager is directly responsible for achieving their territory sales growth.  This position is located in the Houston, TX area.

Responsibilities: Develop Territorial Business Plan to achieve sales goals inclusive of influencing territorial luminaries via new products/applications positioning.  Develop and maintain adequate short/long term sales pipeline to consistently generate profitable revenue.  Achievement of revenues goals by  growing existing customer bases as well as conversions of competitive accounts.  Strategically work with their Regional Business Manager to build growth business plans around Strategic Accounts.  Ensure all Price Requests are renewed  as appropriate.  Building team relationships with other Company’s Biosciences Sales, Service, and Technical Support Associates to maximize sales revenues while promoting opportunities, harmony, and territorial management.  Develops and maintains one on one relationship  with key distributor sales reps within assigned areas.  Perform other related duties and  assignments as required.

Assets:  Life Science sales experience.  MBA a plus.  Flow Cytometry experience.  Familiar with Life Science Research, clinical Immunology, Hematology and/or Flow Cytometry.  Working knowledge of automated biomedical instrumentation and computer technology.  Effective meeting, training, and presentation skills.  Experience in managing both internal and external budgets and resources, conducting pre-call planning, and ability to prioritize and segment accounts.  Effective interpersonal skills. Effective written and oral communications skills.  Effective organization and planning  skills.  Effective selling and negotiation skills.  Effective decision making/problem solving skills. Effective computer skills, i.e., Lotus Notes, Excel, Word,  etc

Please send information to:  resumes@acquis.com or call 732-280-8425. Thank You!

Location: Chicago preferred. Willing to consider any location in the continental US.

Ideal Candidate:

5+ to 7 years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – Doctoral
Willingness to Travel – Often

As a Field Support Specialist, you will join a talented Analytical Instruments team responsible for on-site installation, service and training on MR instruments.

1. Perform onsite and in-house customer application training for imaging.

2. Provide customer application phone support.

3. Maintain knowledge of state-of-the-art products of Company’s MR Instruments.

4. Advises customers of equipment upgrades and accessories available for existing equipment.

5. Performs other related duties as assigned.

6. Willing to travel 50% and some international travel.

Qualifications:

Minimum education, training and experience needed to perform this job:

1. PhD degree in a science field plus five years of related experience

2. Prior imaging applications experience a must

 Location:  Freeport, TX

Ideal Candidate:

15+ years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – BS ChE

Willingness to Travel – Often

This position leads the process optimization team that is responsible for the NA Process Optimization (PO) Initiative and will also provide expert engineering and consulting services to the Manufacturing Community. This group drives improvements under one of the key pillars of the New Operational eXcellence (OpX) Journey across North American Manufacturing Sites. The team is made up of highly qualified and experienced experts, capable of leading and facilitating complex plant improvement projects and optimization workshops. This position must stay abreast of world-class process improvement processes and cutting-edge systems to maintain competitive advantage for the NA sites. Must be able to adapt these processes to successfully achieve real-world improvements.  The position will coordinate PO workshops and other OpX activities with the NA site managers, the OpX managers, the Automation Manager, the Energy Specialists and others, and is directly responsible for the day-to-day work assignments and activities of the group, providing technical support and guidance as needed. The manager will be responsible for the effective execution of the PO Initiative. The manager will also provide updates to the Manufacturing Community Steering Committee and will serve as the primary NA liaison with the SE consultancy group, ZZC/E, regarding the PO process.

Leads by example and sets environment for taking risks within the organization by addressing constraints and enabling resources.

Inspires others and takes accountability for an innovation pipeline by championing and discerning new and creative approaches.

Ensures that all services and products provide value for the company as well as customers in strategic markets.

Fosters the integration of a diversity of perspectives across the organization resulting in development of high performing teams and output.

Involves, trusts and optimizes a diverse, high performing team and creates a vision that fosters a sense of common ownership.

 Required:

 BS degree in Chemical Engineering. Course study towards an advanced degree is strongly encouraged.  We recognize institutions of higher education that are accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or equivalent.

At least 15+ years experience as a Process Design Engineer and/or Operations Engineer. The individual must have:

ability to manage a self-directed, experienced and highly qualified team of experts,

very strong project management, organizational and client relationship skills,

knowledge of a wide variety of chemical production processes,

a strong technical knowledge in the fundamentals of unit operations design and sizing calculations, such as (batch) reactors, distillation towers, heat exchangers and extraction systems,

theoretical know-how and practical experience in troubleshooting plant problems and optimizing plant performance,

a basic knowledge of plant process control and advanced process control techniques and how they can be applied to monitor, control and / or improve plant performance,

strong interpersonal, communication, administrative, personal motivation and personal adaptability skills,

continuing “state of the art” advanced course work.

 Desired:

-         Experience in the use of Computer Aided Process Engineering (CAPE) applications, including AspenPlus.

-         Demonstrated work experience implementing projects in the Refining or Petrochemicals industry.

-         Knowledge of PIMS (ASPEN InfoPlus21)

-         Experience facilitating optimization processes, such as Six Sigma.

-         Experience with Design of Experiments, Material and Information Flow Analysis, Lean Manufacturing, and other optimization tools.

-         Knowledge of company Ecology, Health and Safety Standards.

-          Knowledge of the company’s project development process

Location:  Louisiana - Geismar

Ideal Candidate: 

 15+ years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree

For the development of basic and detailed design of new plants as well as additions or modifications to existing facilities:

A) Provide Process Engineering support, including the following resposibilities:

- Developing process simulations, material and energy balance analysis.
-  Preparing  PFD’s (Process Flow Diagrams), P&ID’s (Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams) and process specifications for equipment and instruments.  Identifying process steps, associated equipment, instrumentation and safety valve requirements.
- Preparing documentation for and participating in Project Safety Reviews.
- Preparing data for and participating in Project Technical reviews.
- Participating in HAZOP studies.
- Reviewing work performed by outside contractor process engineers.
- Participating in plant start-up and troubleshooting.
- Performing process optimization studies.
- Identifying and recommending process improvements, and providing process troubleshooting and optimization related to improving efficiency, capability, and safety. Interface with operations to provide technical support and recommendations on methods and improvements to eliminate problems.
- Mentor and coach younger engineers, including participants in the Professional Development Program.

B) Provide Project Engineering support, including the following resposibilities:
- Perform studies and analysis
- Participate in Value Improving Practices,and other project related tasks
- Interface with the design disciplines and engineering contractors to facilitate the completion of engineering tasks
- Resolve action items associated with conceptual planning, detailed engineering, and construction-
- Evaluate alternatives developed during conceptual planning
- Perform bid analysis for complex service contracts
Required knowledge obtained through completion of a course of study leading to a BS in Chemical Engineering and 15 or more years of relevant experience.
Basic understanding of process equipment design including pumps, heat exchangers, vessels, etc. Must be able to apply process tools to design piping systems, calculate pressure relief valve sizes, complete material and energy balances, and perform process optimization studies.
Good working knowledge of CAPE applications ( ASPEN, HTFS, Sinet, PSV-Calc, Pipeflow, etc. ) a definite plus.
Basic familiarity with engineering, purchasing, accounting and construction practices.
Good communication and computer skills.
Self starter with high level of results orientation.

If interested, please submit your resume to resumes@acquis.com.  Thank you!