Packaged Equipment and Heat Exchanger Engineer - Advanced Process Solutions

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About the role

As a Packaged Equipment Engineer, you will provide packaged equipment support and technical expertise to projects. This role involves working with a broad set of skills and knowledge encompassing packaged equipment systems such as fired heaters, flares, incinerators, boilers, SCRs, cooling towers, air-cooled condensers, air compressors, nitrogen generation systems, or process treatment skids. Industries served include Natural Gas, LNG, FLNG, Ammonia, Urea, Fertilizers, Gas Processing, Midstream, Sulfur, Hydrogen, Power Production, Data Center, and other general heavy industries.

Strong candidates will exhibit code knowledge and experience with process industry standards such as API-521, API-537, API-560, API RP 936, HEI Standards, CTI Standards, NFPA standards, TEMA, API-660, and API-661. You will perform analyses related to the design, specification, and applications engineering tasks for packaged equipment.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, select, specify, and engineer packaged equipment suitable for design needs to ensure reliable, cost-effective, and efficient operation.
• Select and implement appropriate designs for packaged equipment.
• Coordinate with equipment manufacturers to select the most technically acceptable design solutions.
• Utilize leading and current technologies in development of designs.
• Prepare equipment cost estimating and manhours for FEED and Detailed Design phases.
• Prepare packaged equipment data sheets and technical specifications for bid and purchase.
• Review, interpret, and include client technical specifications in bid and purchase specifications.
• Perform bid clarifications and meetings with bidders; prepare technical bid evaluations and summaries for equipment.
• Lead and coordinate meetings with internal disciplines, external consultants, clients, contractors, subcontractors, and vendors/fabricators.
• Participate in client project meetings.
• Conduct meetings with the packaged equipment team working on projects.
• Assist junior engineers in developing their packaged and fired equipment skills.
• Perform pre-inspection meetings, shop surveillance, attend inspections, and testing on fired equipment in vendor’s shop.
• Participate in design and model reviews, Hazop reviews, constructability reviews, etc.
• Perform vendor drawing reviews.
• Develop construction subcontracts for packaged equipment.
• Participate in on-site start-up and commissioning work as needed.
• Travel approximately 10% to 35% annually, variable based on project construction support needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 5 to 10 years of relevant industry experience.
• Licensed as a Professional Engineer in the USA and/or Professional Engineering in Canada.
• Holds an active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for projects in applicable countries.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in LNG, Hydrogen, gas processing, Ammonia, Urea, Fertilizer plant, and Power projects.
• Experience with selecting and working with all types of packaged equipment and auxiliaries, complex packaged equipment systems.
• Experience with ASME Code (Section I, Section VIII Divisions 1 & 2) and NFPA 85, 86, and 87 codes.
• Experience with EPA emissions regulations and test methods.
• Experience reading detailed project drawings, blueprints, and technical interpretations.
• Experience with fired equipment troubleshooting and small services engineering projects.
• Experience with insulating refractory materials and specification of materials for various open flame applications.
• Experience purchasing equipment to ASME STS-1; API 521, 537, 560, and other relevant fired equipment standards.
• Experience with evaporative cooling towers (field erected and packaged) and associated CTI and HEI Standards for Cooling Towers.
• Experience with cooling tower performance testing (CTI-ATC-105).
• Experience with process air compressors, instrument air compressors, and Nitrogen Generation Systems.
• Experience with equipment inspection and general condition engineering assessment projects per API 573, 936, etc.
• Experience attending and performing engineered equipment shop inspections.
• Experience writing fired equipment ASME and API overlay specifications.
• Experience in material and component selection for packaged equipment.
• Experience working on projects from early conceptual to detailed engineering and through to project start-up and operations support.
• Experience as Lead Equipment Engineer on larger projects.
• Mentoring skills and experience working with and encouraging junior staff.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience handling multiple jobs/projects on a weekly basis.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills; self-paced.

The following additional experience will be advantageous:

• Experience as Mechanical Lead Engineer on projects.
• Experience in equipment installation, commissioning, and start-up support at site.
• Experience working on offshore fixed platform and floating vessel projects or other general field-related projects for the process industries.
• Experience in workshare with other country offices globally.
• Experience in heat exchanger design; competent in use of HTRI Software.

Work Environment

Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance, and work assignments.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurances.
• Disability and a robust wellness program.
• Flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.
• Company-matched 401k plan.
• Adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, and an employment referral program.
• AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan, and the B&V Credit Union.
• Eligibility for a performance-based bonus program.
• 100% ESOP-owned company, empowering professionals to drive personal growth and share in financial rewards through stock ownership.