Senior Process Engineer
BSI Engineering · Cedar Rapids, IA · 1 mo ago
On-siteManagementFull-time
Responsibilities
- Supervise site visits, walk downs, and site audits to gather field data on moderate projects.
- Develop and provide discipline scope, deliverables, assumptions, and estimated budget for proposals.
- Supervise & create Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), and Mass & Energy Balances (M&EBs).
- Developing Process Design Basis reports, Process Descriptions, and government compliance reports (e.g. air & water emissions).
- Supervise & perform equipment sizing, prepare equipment specifications, prepare bid evaluations, review shop drawings, and maintain equipment lists.
- Supervise & perform process calculations using BSI Spreadsheets & commercial software (e.g. PIPE-FLO).
- Supervise & perform process simulations in Aspen Plus.
- Supervise & prepare process safety studies, relief calculations, Code review studies, Electrical Area Classification (EAC) reviews & drawings, and participate in Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs).
- Supervise & develops plant layouts.
- Supervise & write process functional descriptions and operating procedures.
- Supervise, write, and perform factory acceptance tests (FATs) and site acceptance tests (SATs).
- Supervise & independently participate in construction support, startup, and commissioning efforts.
- Interface directly with clients, other design discipline counterparts, and project management.
- Adhere to discipline scope, schedules and costs including submission of change orders.
- Update forecast for all discipline staff on assigned projects.
- Mentor less experienced engineers and provide training sessions.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering.
- 15+ years of experience.
- PE License preferred, not required.
- Strong understanding of fundamentals in chemistry, fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, material and energy balances, process unit operations and separations, reaction kinetics and reaction design theory, and thermodynamics.
- Ability to visit project job sites to gather field information.
Qualifications
- Strong in Process modeling software (e.g. Aspen Plus) and hydraulic modeling (e.g. PIPE-FLO).
- Knowledge of API Standards, specifically 520, 521, 650, and 2000.
- Knowledge of ASME B31 Codes, specifically B31.3.
- Knowledge of ASME BPVC, specifically VIII Div 1.
- Knowledge of NFPA Standards, specifically 30, 497, 499, and 660.
Skills
- Process modeling software (e.g. Aspen Plus)
- Hydraulic modeling (e.g. PIPE-FLO)
- API Standards (520, 521, 650, 2000)
- ASME B31 Codes (B31.3)
- ASME BPVC (VIII Div 1)
- NFPA Standards (30, 497, 499, 660)
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Generous bonus programs
- Paid Parental Leave
- PTO and Paid Holidays
- Paid overtime
- 401(k) with matching
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Paid Charitable Effort Time
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Flexible Telecommuting Policy
Pay
Competitive base salary with potential for bonuses.
Schedule
BSI Engineering has adopted a hybrid work schedule in which employees are in the office a minimum of three days per week.