Mechanical Process Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Registered Mechanical Process Engineer for our Albany, GA branch location. The position will function as a hands-on engineer providing manufacturing/process engineering expertise for project design, commissioning, and start-up.

Responsibilities

• Function as a hands-on engineer providing manufacturing/process engineering expertise for project design, commissioning, and start-up.
• Provide technical design support for Project Leader.
• Supervise and train designers and design teams as required.
• Understand project's scope, schedule, and budgetary restraints and work within them.
• Participate in and lead internal & external design reviews including interrelationships of other disciplines.
• Follow established project controls procedures.
• Prepare formal project control forms, i.e., transmittals, drawing requests, etc.
• Communicate directly with the client in all aspects of the project.
• Manage their own jobs.
• Climb ladders, walk over crossovers, and access equipment.
• Interface with construction supervisors at job sites.
• Coordinate work with a designer for projects that include process, machine upgrades, piping, utilities, etc.
• Design Machine components, HVAC, Piping, Steam and Compressed Air handling and distribution.
• Determine total design requirements for the purpose of estimating and managing projects including schedules and budgets, accurately tracks and records cost spent on various project tasks.
• Define scope changes with clients.
• Direct Designers, Cad Operators, Technicians, and other Engineers as required.
• Train others.
• Interfere with construction supervisors at job sites.
• Manage start-up procedures, on-site start-up and debbuging, and operator training where necessary.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5-7 years of experience in industrial engineering project execution.
• A strong working knowledge of manufacturing and process plant environments.
• Local travel to client site (mileage to/from office is reimbursed) for meetings, field inspections, and startup.
• Occasional longer trips/overnight visits required.
• Ability to understand and create Process and Instrument Diagram (P&ID) drawings.
• Capable of designing Machine components, HVAC, Piping, Steam and Compressed Air handling and distribution.
• Capable of determining total design requirements for the purpose of estimating and managing projects including schedules and budgets.
• Understanding project scope, able to define scope changes with client.
• Capable of directing Designers, Cad Operators, Technicians, and other Engineers as required.
• Capable of training others.
• Capable of interfacing with construction supervisors at job sites.
• Must be able to climb ladders, walk over crossovers, and access equipment.
• Must be able to climb caged personnel ladder.
• Must be capable of walking the distance from parking lot to designated job area (may be 1 mile+), in addition to walking throughout a large manufacturing plant during course of day for required meetings and other required duties.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree - Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering.
• PE License - State of GA preferred and other states as required.