Senior Process Engineer

About the role

We offer a fast paced, exciting work environment with a competitive compensation package including: Health Care Benefits, Paid Time Off & Holidays, Flexible work schedules, Work life balance, 401K match, paid overtime, performance based bonus, and tuition reimbursement. The salary range for this position is $120k-$150k with a 10% discretionary bonus target.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for performing engineering duties on assigned projects including equipment specifications, process piping, material handling and conveying, HVAC, and other mechanically related engineering and design.
• Manage the engineering and design process from inception to completion. This includes: leading projects, work planning, directing and overseeing designers and engineers assigned to your projects, design reviews (both internal and with client), and checking deliverables (calculations, drawings, technical reports)
• Prepare PFDs and P&IDs
• Size and specify typical process equipment such as pumps, tanks, heat exchangers, chillers, condensers, mixers, distillation and absorption columns, etc.
• Perform calculations to size and specify process, service and utility piping systems
• Perform calculations to size and specify safety relief devices
• Review equipment submittals for accuracy and validate against specifications
• Develop and/or verify mass and energy balances
• Maintain familiarity with various industrial codes such as ASME and API
• Visit customer sites for field work
• Direct customer interface and coordination
• Develop detailed scopes of work
• Compile detailed project estimates (project, engineering and construction)
• Manage scope, schedule, and budget
• Exercise innovative cost efficiency approaches in the project design to reduce construction costs and increase productivity

Requirements

• Chemical Engineering undergraduate degree from an ABET accredited school
• 10+ years of heavy industrial experience in a design or process engineering role.
• Virginia Professional Engineer preferred but not required
• Must have heavy industrial experience, experience in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, or bio-processing industries is a plus
• Project management experience
• Experience working in a multidiscipline engineering consulting firm
• Process safety experience (PHAs, HAZOPs, Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, Inherently Safer Design, Documentation to support process safety, etc.)
• Current working knowledge of safety relief device code requirements, calculations, sizing and system design procedures
• Current working knowledge of chemical engineering principles with an emphasis on fluid mechanics, mass and heat transfer, and thermodynamics
• Working knowledge of Aspen or HYSIS
• Must be technically sound, and be willing to mentor junior engineers
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Must be results oriented
• Must be a team player
• Must possess uncompromised commitment to quality
• Must be US citizen, have a Valid U.S. Driver's License, Clear Background, Pass a Drug test